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LOT 0178
Central Asian Ceramic Bull Rhyton with Juglets
3RD CENTURY B.C.-3RD CENTURY A.D.
41 1/8 in. (1.55 kg, 35.7 cm).
Modelled with a substantial body standing on short, slender legs, crescentic horns, incised circular eyes and linear mouth, circular nostrils above serving as spouts, dewlap to chest and tail hanging between hindlegs; flared neck and strap handle to back, flanked by flasks with pierced handles; painted detailing; some restoration.
ProvenanceEx private American collection, kept in Switzerland, 1960s.
On the UK art market, since 2005.
Accompanied by an IADAA search certificate dated 8 April 2020.
Accompanied by a copy of an old photograph and a description sticker with collection number '40' to verso.
This lot has been checked against the Interpol Database of stolen works of art and is accompanied by search certificate no.202211.
Cf. The Brooklyn Museum, accession number 2015.65.15, for a comparable vessel in the form of a camel.
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