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LOT 0985
Post-Sassanian Bronze Ewer
8TH-10TH CENTURY A.D.
6 1/2 in. (286 grams, 16.5 cm).
With waisted neck piriform body with trumpet-shaped base; scrolled handle with pellet thumb-pad, the spout a bull's head with crescent horns.
ProvenanceEx old English collection.
London art market, 1980s.
Cf. similar but earlier example in the collection of the British Museum under accession no.1866,1229.5.
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