Parthian Glazed Ceramic Jug

1ST CENTURY B.C.-1ST CENTURY A.D.

6 1/2 in. (776 grams, 16.5 cm high).

Speckled glaze; deep shoulder with chamfered rim and strap handle.

Provenance

Acquired by the vendors father on the UK art market, before 1990.

Literature

Cf. similar item (with cream glaze) in the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, under reference 36.30.41.

CONDITION

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