Sakkizabad ware

At the end of the 1950s, a necropolis was discovered in Sakkizabad, c. 60 km south of Qazvin in northern Iran, containing a very rare type of painted pottery. Only two similar vases had been found, together with the typical gray ceramics, in a tomb at Tepe Siyalk. Shortly after the discovery, however, the entire necropolis was looted, and the pottery was only found on the art market. In 1970, scie…