Wit and Wine

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The paper reviews the exhibition "Wit and Wine: A New Look at Ancient Iranian Ceramics" which ran at the McClung Museum and focused on the art of pottery in ancient Iran and had some 45 pieces on display. The author notes that Iranian pottery art is rarely ever mentioned in archeology journals and reports because this 5,000 year long tradition has been greatly overshadowed by more popular art civilizations.

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"The third most beautiful and rather humorous piece of pottery that I found truly fascinating was the Vessel with two feet. This piece was unearthed from ancient land in Northern Iran and is believed to have been designed and created sometime during the early first millennium. This was one of those pieces, which appeared to contain no animal influence. In fact it seems that this vessel was created to highlight the pomp ad arrogance of a member f the elite rulers. This is because when the vessel is studied from some distance, one can make out the entire form clearly. The hands are definitely the hands of such a person, while the swelled middle part represents the pompous man s body and feet also appear to be clad in expensive shoes. There are no holes or spouts on the surface and the only opening to pour out liquids is the neck of the vessel. "

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