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LOT 0252

Sasanian Glass Rhyton

3RD-5TH CENTURY A.D.

10 in. (718 grams, 25.5 cm).

With trumpet-shaped broad end, tapering sidewalls and thick pierced finial; mounted in a custom-made wooden case.

Provenance

Japanese private collection, prior 1979.
with Aaron Gallery, Iran, prior 1970.
with Aaron Gallery, London, 19 September 1980.

This lot has been checked against the Interpol Database of stolen works of art and is accompanied by search certificate number no.12798-241349.
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.

Literature

Cf. a similar Sassanian Rython, but in embossed and in silver, in Carter, Martha L. ‘Three Silver Vessels from Tibet's Earliest Historical Era: A Preliminary Study’ in Cleveland Studies in the History of Art. 3 (1998) 22-47. figs. 1, 5a-9c.

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LOT 0252

Sasanian Glass Rhyton

Estimate £10,000 - 14,000€11,600 - 16,240 (for guidance only)$13,500 - 18,900 (for guidance only)

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