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LOT 0210
Achaemenid Silver Jar with Lotus Flower
CIRCA 500 B.C.
3 in. (117 grams, 78 mm).
Squat in profile with basal disc, raised panel to the shoulder with lotus flower detailing, low neck and everted rim.
Provenance
London art market, 1980s-2000s.
Private collection, London, UK.
Literature
Cf. Gergova, D., Orphic Thrace and Achaemenid Persia in Nieling, J., and Rehm, E., Achaemenid Impact in the Black Sea, communications of powers, Aarhus, 2010, for discussion.
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