Western Asiatic Rhyton in the Form of a Boot

LATE 1ST MILLENNIUM B.C.

7 7/8 in. (475 grams, 20 cm long).

With rich bichrome ornamentation in black and beige bordered by a red line, pointed tip with a small pouring hole on the underside; funicular upper section decorated with red ornamentation of a stylised bird surrounded by an arcade with reserved circles on each side; band of reserved circles above at the rim; bootleg and heel partly restored, interior encrusted.

Provenance

Ex Elie Borowski, Basel, March 1975.
From the collection of Italian palaeontologist and Scholar Giancarlo Ligabue (1931-2015).

CONDITION

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LOT 0255