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Roman Judaea - Syria Palestina, Galilee, Kefar Hananya Ware, Kedera Cooking Pot, 1st - Early 5th Century A.D.

|Holy| |Land| |Antiquities|, |Roman| |Judaea| |-| |Syria| |Palestina,| |Galilee,| |Kefar| |Hananya| |Ware,| |Kedera| |Cooking| |Pot,| |1st| |-| |Early| |5th| |Century| |A.D.|
"The pots from Kefar Sihin and Kefar Hananya do not usually break." -- Rabbi Yossi, Babylonian Talmud, Shabbat 120b

Kefar Hananya was best known for production of cooking pots characterized by red-brown clay, distinctive ribbing or wheel-ridging on the body of the vessel and two handles for placing and removing the pot from the fire. Production of these cooking pots at Kefar Hananya began around 50 CE and extended to at least 430 CE. Wide-mouthed pots, most of which did not have handles (lifsa), were common in the first century BCE but began to be surpassed by the smaller-mouthed, handled cooking pot (kedera) in the first century CE.
AA99541. Judaean, kedera cooking pot, Adan-Bayewitz type 4E2 (simple rim variant), Crook fig. 4, Choice, complete and intact, two small rim chips; 14.0cm tall, 20.5cm diameter, predominantly reddish brown (Munsell color 2.5YR 5/8), some grayed areas, few white chalk grits, thin walls as typical, probably 4th century A.D.; simple rim, cylindrical neck, two strap handles from rim to shoulder, globular body with greatest diameter near the middle, wheel-ridged body and shoulder; base slightly pointed, ex Archaeological Center (Robert Deutsch, Tel Aviv, Israel, 16 Apr 2015), with photocopy of Israel Antiquities Authority export approval certificate; $1000.00 SALE PRICE $900.00
 


Roman Judaea - Syria Palestina, Galilee, Kefar Hananya Ware, Kedera Cooking Pot, 1st - Early 5th Century A.D.

|Holy| |Land| |Antiquities|, |Roman| |Judaea| |-| |Syria| |Palestina,| |Galilee,| |Kefar| |Hananya| |Ware,| |Kedera| |Cooking| |Pot,| |1st| |-| |Early| |5th| |Century| |A.D.|
"The pots from Kefar Sihin and Kefar Hananya do not usually break." -- Rabbi Yossi, Babylonian Talmud, Shabbat 120b

Kefar Hananya was best known for production of cooking pots characterized by red-brown clay, distinctive ribbing or wheel-ridging on the body of the vessel and two handles for placing and removing the pot from the fire. Production of these cooking pots at Kefar Hananya began around 50 CE and extended to at least 430 CE. Wide-mouthed pots, most of which did not have handles (lifsa), were common in the first century BCE but began to be surpassed by the smaller-mouthed, handled cooking pot (kedera) in the first century CE.
AA99526. Judaean, kedera cooking pot, Adan-Bayewitz type 4E1 (variant with ridge below lip), Choice, complete and intact; 11.0cm tall, 12.5cm diameter, predominantly reddish brown (Munsell color 2.5YR 5/6), some grayed areas, few white chalk grits, light encrustations, thin walls as typical, probably early 4th - early 5th century A.D.; exterior ridge below the lip, cylindrical neck, two strap handles from rim to shoulder, globular body with greatest diameter near the middle, wheel-ridged body and shoulder; base slightly pointed, ex Archaeological Center (Robert Deutsch, Tel Aviv, Israel, 16 Apr 2015), with photocopy of Israel Antiquities Authority export approval certificate; $1000.00 SALE PRICE $900.00
 


Judaean, Pottery Dipper Jug, Iron Age II, 1000 - 587 B.C.

|Holy| |Land| |Antiquities|, |Judaean,| |Pottery| |Dipper| |Jug,| |Iron| |Age| |II,| |1000| |-| |587| |B.C.|
This specimen is much more finely made than all the many similarly shaped but more carelessly made jugs in our references.
AA99525. Judaean, pottery dipper jug, cf. Amiran pl. 89, 6; Ustinov Potter UP141, Superb, complete and intact; 15.0cm (6") tall, 12.5cm (5") diameter, Iron Age II, 1000 - 587 B.C.; wheel made, red-brown clay, broad squat globular body, simple flattened base, high cylindrical neck, simple rounded vertical rim, strap handle from rim to shoulder; ex Mera Antiq (Yossi Eilon, Tel Aviv); found in Israel; $870.00 SALE PRICE $783.00
 


Herodian Judaea - Roman Syria Palestina, Footed Redware Pottery Bowl, 1st - 4th Century A.D.

|Pottery| |Antiquities|, |Herodian| |Judaea| |-| |Roman| |Syria| |Palestina,| |Footed| |Redware| |Pottery| |Bowl,| |1st| |-| |4th| |Century| |A.D.|
 
AA99538. Footed redware pottery bowl, 21cm (8 1/4") diameter, 5cm (2" tall), Choice, complete and intact, a few scratches, chip on foot, reverse unglazed, wheel marks left as ornamentation, wide shallow bowl with small embellishment in center, rounded and folded lip, squat open foot; found in Israel, ex Archaeological Center (Robert Deutsch, Tel Aviv, Israel, 16 Apr 2015), with photocopy of Israel Antiquities Authority export approval certificate; $850.00 SALE PRICE $765.00
 


Cypriot Bichrome Ware Plate, Geometric Period. c. 1050 - 750 B.C.

|Pottery| |Antiquities|, |Cypriot| |Bichrome| |Ware| |Plate,| |Geometric| |Period.| |c.| |1050| |-| |750| |B.C.|NEW
W. & J. Sloane was a luxury furniture and rug store in New York City that catered to the prominent, including the White House and the Breakers, and wealthy, including the Rockefeller, Whitney, and Vanderbilt families. After a long period of prosperity and prominence, the firm went through a short period of decline and was forced to file for bankruptcy in 1985.

The plate or dish was a late arrival to Cyprus and Philistia absent from indigenous Bronze Age pottery. It arrived as a Greek import, and was adopted locally in the Early Iron Age, Geometric Period, c. 11th century B.C.
AA23948. Cypriot bichrome ware plate, Choice, complete and intact, some paint loss, minor chips in rim, c. 1050 - 750 B.C.; wheel made beige pottery, shallow hemispherical bowl, inverted rim, single small pierced horizontal handle, flattened bottom, painted black and umber geometric patterns inside and out, fine checkerboard, web and wave patterns in concentric circles on inside; ex W & J Sloane with torn price sticker on bottom; $750.00 SALE PRICE $675.00
 


Roman, Egypt, Silenus Head Terracotta Lamp, c. 2nd Century A.D.

|Oil| |Lamps|, |Roman,| |Egypt,| |Silenus| |Head| |Terracotta| |Lamp,| |c.| |2nd| |Century| |A.D.|
The Getty Museum lamp is slightly larger and a little finer style, but this lamp is very very similar and certainly worthy of any collection. See it here.
AL23908. Silenus Head Terracotta Lamp; cf. Getty Museum p. 440, 600; Kestner Lamps p. 417, 405, Fantastic type in nice collectible condition, handle and tip of nozzle missing, a few small bumps and chips, soot marks, length 8.5 cm (3 1/8") long, c. 2nd Century A.D.; mold made, red clay, in the shape of the head of Silenus, with mustache, knit eyebrows, smiling, crown of leaves and fruit alluding to Bacchus, large filling whole at top of head, nozzle at chin, ribbon handle (missing), raised oval ring base; ex Griffin Gallery of Ancient Art (Boca Raton FL); $730.00 SALE PRICE $657.00
 


Roman, Galilee, Judaea - Syria Palestina, Small Kefar Hananya Bowl, 1st - Early 5th Century A.D.

|Holy| |Land| |Antiquities|, |Roman,| |Galilee,| |Judaea| |-| |Syria| |Palestina,| |Small| |Kefar| |Hananya| |Bowl,| |1st| |-| |Early| |5th| |Century| |A.D.|
 
AA99537. Kefar Hananya ware small bowl, 12.6cm (5") diameter, 4.3cm (1 3/4") tall, Choice, completed and intact, 1st - early 5th century A.D.; wheel made, fine red clay (Munsell reddish brown color 2.5YR 5/8) with chalk inclusions, simple design but well-made with thin uniform walls, flared flattened slightly downturned rim embellished with a groove on top and bottom, ring base; ex Archaeological Center (Robert Deutsch, Tel Aviv, Israel, 16 Apr 2015), with photocopy of Israel Antiquities Authority export approval certificate; $600.00 SALE PRICE $540.00
 


Italy (Probably Canosa, Apulia), Daunian, Funnel Mouth Urn, c. 480 - 318 B.C.

|Pottery| |Antiquities|, |Italy| |(Probably| |Canosa,| |Apulia),| |Daunian,| |Funnel| |Mouth| |Urn,| |c.| |480| |-| |318| |B.C.|
Daunia comprises the north of Apulia from Bari to the promontory of Gargano, but pottery of the Daunian type is found beyond these limits to the north and west. Canosa was the center of production and exported far afield. Daunian pottery was somewhat barbaric but highly original and maintained its identity long after the work of neighboring regions was Hellenized. This unique vessel type with its huge funnel mouth is variously described in references as an urn, an olla, or a krater.
AG43827. Large Daunian funnel mouth urn; cf. CVA London, British Museum vii, Great Britain 10, pl. 462, 2 - 3, Collectible, funnel mouth reconstructed with a few missing fragments, otherwise intact, 20cm (7 7/8") tall, rim diameter 21cm (8 1/4"), c. 480 - 318 B.C.; shaped by hand (no wheel), pinkish light brown clay, very large funnel mouth, globular body, two horizontal loop handles and two solid handles split at the top; painted black and brown geometrical motifs, primarily horizontal bands; ex Alex G. Malloy; $500.00 SALE PRICE $450.00
 


Canaanite, Juglet, Middle Bronze Age, c. 1850 - 1550 B.C.

|Holy| |Land| |Antiquities|, |Canaanite,| |Juglet,| |Middle| |Bronze| |Age,| |c.| |1850| |-| |1550| |B.C.|NEW
Juglets like this one were most often used for perfumed oils.
AA99536. Canaanite juglet, cf. Ashton Tell el-Yahudiya fig. 2, 25 (for form); wheel made, buff-grey, 11.0mm (4 5/16") tall, 7.2mm 2 (13/16") diameter, Choice, complete and intact, c. 1850 - 1550 B.C.; reverse juglet, globular body, thin cylindrical neck, funnel mouth, everted rounded lip, strap handle looping from neck immediately below the rim to shoulder, button-like knob base, stand included; globular body, thin cylindrical neck, funnel mouth, everted rounded lip, strap handle looping from neck immediately below the rim to shoulder, button-like knob base, stand included; ex Mera Antiq (Yossi Eilon, Tel Aviv), found in the Judaean Hills, Israel, in 2003; $450.00 SALE PRICE $405.00
 


Judaean Kingdom, Hasmonean Dynasty (Maccabees), Miniature Archaic Style Oil Lamp, c. 167 - 37 B.C.

|Oil| |Lamps|, |Judaean| |Kingdom,| |Hasmonean| |Dynasty| |(Maccabees),| |Miniature| |Archaic| |Style| |Oil| |Lamp,| |c.| |167| |-| |37| |B.C.|
This tiny Hasmonean era lamp imitates a shape and high base of pinched-rim stepped base oil lamps used in the Kingdom of Judah during the Iron Age IIC, 720 - 586 B.C. During the Hasmonean era, archaic imitative lamps were popular in Jerusalem and the surrounding area. They reconnected the Jewish people to the golden age of the Davidic dynasty centuries before. This particular specimen is particularly small, less that half the size of most of the Hasmonean imitatives and would fit inside of the bowl of most similarly shaped Iron Age lamps. Click here to see an example of a Kingdom of Judah prototype.
AA78096. Hasmonean Judaea Archaic Style Folded Buff Oil Lamp; Tushingham fig. 22, 7 (larger and without high base), Choice condition, tiny chip in base; 5.2cm (2") long, 4.0cm (1 5/8") wide, 2.7cm (1 1/8") high, buff clay with chalk inclusions, strongly pinched spout forming an elongated channel and U-shaped spout, near vertical saucer walls, rounded turned-out rim, thick flat "stump" base; ex Mera Antiq (Yossi Eilon) Tel Aviv, found in Israel; $400.00 SALE PRICE $360.00
 




    



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The list above excludes references for oil lamps. References for oil lamps are listed on the shop's lamps page.

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