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LOT 2156
Amlash Style Terracotta Rhyton
20TH CENTURY A.D.
9 in. (776 grams, 23 cm).
Bulbous in form with everted rim and loop handle, developing to an equine head turned to one side and with forelegs held flat against the flank; ears absent. [No Reserve]
Provenance
From a West Country, UK, collection, 1990s.
This lot is accompanied by an illustrated lot declaration signed by the Head of the Antiquities Department, Dr Raffaele D'Amato.
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