Description: A rare large fragment of a Bactrian pot or vase, mounted in a gilded wooden frame lined with hessian. It bears a label on the reverse but this is the gallery where it was framed. Acquired from a London gentleman and from his collection which was formed during the 1970's. A very interesting and decorative display piece. 46cms wide, 28cms tall and 12cms deep. This piece pertains to an ancient culture referred to both as the Bactria-Margiana Archaeological Complex (BCAM) or as the Oxus Civilisation. The Bactria-Margiana culture spread across an area encompassing the modern nations of Turkmenistan, Tajikistan, Uzbekistan and Northern Afghanistan. Flourishing between about 2100 and 1700 BC, it was contemporary with the European Bronze Age, and was characterised by monumental architecture, social complexity and extremely distinctive cultural artefacts that vanish from the record a few centuries after they first appear. Pictographs on seals have been argued to indicate an independently-developed writing system. It was one of many economic and social entities in the vicinity, and was a powerful country due to the exceptional fertility and wealth of its agricultural lands. This in turn gave rise to a complex and multifaceted set of societies with specialist craftsmen who produced luxury materials such as this for the ruling and aristocratic elites. Trade appears to have been important, as Bactrian artefacts appear all over the Persian Gulf as well as in the Iranian Plateau and the Indus Valley. For this reason, the area was fought over from deep prehistory until the Mediaeval period, by the armies of Asia Minor, Greece (Macedonia), India and the Arab States, amongst others
Price: 149.99 GBP
Location: Bexley
End Time: 2024-02-19T15:51:36.000Z
Shipping Cost: 40.33 GBP
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Antique: Yes
Type: Vase
Original/Repro: Original
