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Large Parthian Terracotta Rhyton with Incised Decoration Large Parthian Terracotta Rhyton with Incised Decoration Large Parthian Terracotta Rhyton with Incised Decoration
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LOT 0189

Large Parthian Terracotta Rhyton with Incised Decoration

CIRCA EARLY 2ND CENTURY B.C.

14 1/2 in. (2.1 kg, 37 cm).

Hollow-formed rhyton with four splayed legs, curved neck with tall mane, loop handle forming the tail; filler hole to middle of back, spout to the chest; incised hatched bands to the mane and flanks.

Provenance

Sakae Art Gallery, Nagoya, Japan, 1982.
with Aaron Gallery, acquired from the above.

Accompanied by thermoluminescence analysis report no.N121q65 by Oxford Authentication.
This lot has been checked against the Interpol Database of stolen works of art and is accompanied by search certificate number no.12822-241329.
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.

Literature

Cf. for a Parthian pottery horse vessel of similar typology, Christie’s, Antiquities, 1st October 2015, catalogue, London, 2015, no.50, p.35.

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With Thermoluminescence Analysis Report

LOT 0189

Large Parthian Terracotta Rhyton with Incised Decoration

Estimate £8,000 - 10,000€9,280 - 11,600 (for guidance only)$10,800 - 13,500 (for guidance only)

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