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LOT 1512
Amlash Terracotta Rhyton
2ND-1ST MILLENNIUM B.C.
9 5/8 in. (825 grams, 24.3 cm wide).
In the form of a standing stag with tubular body, flared rump with pendant tail, four stub legs, large crescentic antlers, flat muzzle, and dimpled eyes, filling hole to middle of back, small spout at mouth.
Provenance
with a London, UK gallery 1971-early 2000s.
Private collection, London.
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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