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LOT 0281
Western Asiatic Zoomorphic Terracotta Rhyton
3RD-1ST MILLENNIUM B.C.
7 in. (670 grams, 18 cm).
With a flaring neck and zoomorphic spout, possibly a horse's head with a circular opening in its chest.
Provenance
with a London, UK gallery, 1971-early 2000s.
Accompanied by an original thermoluminescence analysis report no.281z11 from Oxford Authentication, 16 June 1981.
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