Ca. 2nd millennium BC. A globular-shaped pottery vessel with a pronounced spout with an animal head form, the body with the figurative design of horse riders. To the back a strap handle. The Amlash culture, also known as Marlik culture, enduring for many centuries. It was one of the most distinctive Iranian cultures of the late second and early first millennia BC which had cultural contacts with the Assyrian Empire.Size: L:250mm / W:250mm ; 2.32kgProvenance: Property of a London collector; formerly in a Paris collection 1980s.