24th-21st century BC. A ceramic jar with piriform body, short neck, everted rim and rectangular-section loop handles, the upper body painted with ovals filled with various geometric motifs and hatched lines, contained between plain bands, swags below, smaller circular motifs above, chevrons at the neck. 3.5 kg, 38.5cm (15 1/4"). Ex Cotswolds, UK, collection; 1980s-1990s.