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LOT 0265
Western Asiatic Ceramic Ibex Rhyton
1ST MILLENNIUM B.C.
11 3/4 in. (803 grams, 30 cm).
With trumpet-shaped mouth, ibex-shaped finial with curved horns and legs folded beneath the body, spout to the chest; repaired.
Provenance
with a London, UK gallery 1971.
Accompanied by an original thermoluminescence analysis report and photograph by Oxford Authentication with sample no.281y94 dated 16 June 1981.
This lot has been checked against the Interpol Database of stolen works of art and is accompanied by search certificate no.12068-213298.
Literature
Cf. similar item in the British Museum under accession no.1836,0224.427.
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