AN AMLASH GREY BURNISHED POTTERY BEAK-SPOUTED VESSEL North West Iran, circa 1st Millennium B.C The ovoid body with a long open spout that swells where it joins the body suggesting the breast of a bird, 17.8cm high, Provenance: Sam Dubiner (1914-1993) collection, Israel, and thence by descent to the present owner. For the type see Ezat O. Negahban, Preliminary Report on Marlik Excavation, Gohar Rud Expedition, Rudbar 1961-1962, Joint Publication of the Iranian Archeological Service and The Institute of Archaeology, University of Tehran (Tehran 1964), fig 25 for a vessel identified as that of the shape of a crane where the body is more slender and pl. II, ill.108 for a vessel with similar neck in silver with gold inlay.