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LOT 0488
Parthian Glazed Jar with Two Handles
1ST-2ND CENTURY A.D.
4 3/8 in. (164 grams, 11.2 cm).
Comprising a barrel-shaped body, basal ring, balustered neck with everted rim to the mouth and two lateral strap handles. [No Reserve]
ProvenanceFrom a London, UK, collection, 1990s.
This lot is accompanied by an illustrated lot declaration signed by the Head of the Antiquities Department, Dr Raffaele D’Amato.
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The skyphos was already well known in Greece since the age of the Achaeans. In Homer, Eumaeus, the swineherd, prepares for his guest Ulysses a cyssibium filled with wine which the hero drinks during the meal and, when he is full, Eumaeus makes him drink from the cup in which he himself was using, a skyphos. Ulysses also offers Polyphemus a drink in a skyphos.
