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LOT 0115
Romano-Gandharan Silver Aryballos with Cover
1ST CENTURY B.C.-1ST CENTURY A.D.
2 3/4 in. (80 grams, 71 mm high).
Squat in profile with discoid base, separate inset lid with trumpet-shaped handle.
ProvenanceAcquired from a private UK collection prior to 1979.
Ex Julian Sherrier collection, a leading figure in Gandharan art.
Ex Christie's, New York, 14th September 2010, no.40 (part).
This lot is accompanied by an illustrated lot declaration signed by the Head of the Antiquities Department, Dr Raffaele D'Amato.
Cf. Barratte, F., East and West, A Central Asia Silver hoard from the Parthian East, 2002, p.39, fig.19.
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