The ancient Koban Culture was discovered in 1850s - 1860s. The name comes from the settlement of Uallag-Koban where archeologists came across first findings belonging to that culture.

The Koban Culture originated in late Bronze Age, flourished in early Stone Age and decayed in the second half of the 1st millennium B.C. For a long time, scientists were split over more exact dating of the culture, but nowadays the most popular is a version by Yevgeniy Krupnov, who, having analyzed all the available data, dated the Koban Culture to 12th - 4th centuries B.C.

Koban tribes were direct descendants from late paleolithic inhabitants of the Caucasus. They lived in mountain gorges and valleys on both sides of the Greater Caucasus mountain range. They established their settlements predominantly near rivers or on flat elevations and hills. The Koban tribes built mudbrick houses, sometimes on cobblestone foundation, less often they built wholly stone houses. The houses traditionally were placed in groups of several rows with walls to each other or around an open space. In large settlements, houses formed entire blocks while streets were paved with rock.

Various Koban bronze items have survived to this day: tool, weapons, elements of horse harness, ornaments, sacral items. Most of them are ornamented with geometric patterns and images of animals. 

Bronze was also used by Koban craftsmen to make various vessels. The exhibited Vase was found by archeologists in the Kuibyshev Water Reservoir bank erosion near the village of Atabayevo, Laishevsky District of the Tatar Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republic. That finding became a proof of the fact that population of the Middle Volga often traded with Koban Culture craftsmen.

The Vase is made of bronze plates. The bottom has not survived; however, scientists believe that the vessel had a bell-bottom tray. The vessel surface is covered with various ornamental patterns. At the top, there are rows of chased rhombs interchanging with bosses, as well as zig-zag lines. The middle part of the body is ornamented with grooved vertical stripes. Such vases, similar to amphoras or large pots, were used for various household purposes.