c.24th-21st century BC. A piriform ceramic jar with waisted neck and everted rim, two integral rectangular-section strap handles, painted with an elaborate series of intertwined loops and chevrons, 'fingers' to the troughs and peaks, between plain bands, swags below, X-motifs around the neck. See The Metropolitan Museum, accession numbers 1992.165.16 and 1992.165.17, for similar. 2.4 kg, 30cm (11 3/4"). Ex Cotswolds, UK, collection; 1980s-1990s.