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An Ancient Near Eastern terracotta vessel in the form of a donkey image 1
An Ancient Near Eastern terracotta vessel in the form of a donkey image 2
Lot 171

1 May 2013, 10:30 BST
London, New Bond Street

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An Ancient Near Eastern terracotta vessel in the form of a donkey
Circa first half of the 1st Millennium B.C.
Depicted wearing a harness and blinders, the mouth in the form of a spout, the two mouths of the vessel in the form of open panniers being carried either side of the barrel-shaped body, with an arched handle over the back, 7in (18cm) high

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Provenance:
Zackary Collection, Los Angeles, formed in the 1960s.

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