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LOT 1598
Greek Style Silver Ram-Headed Rhyton
20TH CENTURY A.D. OR EARLIER
6 1/2 in. (7 7/8 in.) (561 grams, 16.5 cm wide (882 grams, 20 cm high including stand)).
Substantial rhyton comprising a turned rim with lotus-flower ornament, two repoussé figures modelled in the half-round of Mithras grappling with the bull, one with billowing cloak and the other with a leaping lion behind the cloak; bull-head finial with lateral cells to accept horns and keyed eye-sockets to accept inserts; pouring hole at the chin; mounted on a custom-made stand. [No Reserve]
Provenance
From a UK private collection, before 1980.
Literature
Cf. similar item in ceramic in the collection of Rhode Island Museum under accession no.26.166.
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