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LOT 0263
Amlash Terracotta Bull Rhyton
EARLY 1ST MILLENNIUM B.C.
9 7/8 in. (601 grams, 25 cm).
A hollow-formed ceramic vessel formed as a standing zebu with large hump, ridged tail, pectoral ridge and horns; the head forming the U-channel spout.
Provenance
European private collection, 1983.
Ex Anavian Gallery, New York.
Private collection, UK.
Accompanied by a copy of an Art Loss Register certificate, no.S00019651.
Accompanied by a copy of a thermoluminescence analysis report, dated 22 November 1990.
This lot has been checked against the Interpol Database of stolen works of art and is accompanied by a search certificate number no.12702-235146.
This lot has been cleared against the Art Loss Register database, and is accompanied by an illustrated lot declaration signed by the Head of the Antiquities Department, Dr Raffaele D'Amato.
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