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Lot 144

A Persian terracotta bull rhyton

7 July 2016, 10:30 BST
London, New Bond Street

Sold for £2,750 inc. premium

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A Persian terracotta bull rhyton
Iran, circa 1st Millennium B.C.
Standing on short legs, the elongated body with flared funnel-shaped mouth rising from the back, a short arched handle extending from the rim, with raised ribbed tail, the forelegs defined by an arched ridge, the face with disc eyes between the curved horns, with pierced ears, the muzzle forming the narrow spout, 18cm high, 27cm long

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Provenance:
UK private collection.
With Mahboubian Gallery, London, acquired before 1982.

Accompanied by a thermoluminescence test report from Oxford Authentication, dated 1981.

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