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LOT 0322
Samanid Terracotta Ewer
9TH-10TH CENTURY A.D.
8 1/2 in. (505 grams, 21.7 cm).
Piriform in profile with flared foot, ropework collar to base of flared neck, high-looped strap handle; shoulder with frieze of fleeing deer and pouncing lions among tendrils and foliage. [No Reserve]
ProvenanceRichard Ettinghausen (1906–1979), Princeton, New Jersey; acquired between the 1930s and 1960s.
Thence by descent to his son, Thomas A.D. Ettinghausen, and retained in the family residence, Princeton, New Jersey, until 2024.
Accompanied by a signed statement of provenance.
Accompanied by a copy of an IADAA Interpol search certificate.
Accompanied by a copy of a previous three page illustrated cataloguing note.
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.
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