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Lot 154

An Amlash pottery bull rhyton

28 November 2019, 10:30 GMT
London, New Bond Street

£3,000 - £5,000

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An Amlash pottery bull rhyton
Circa 11th - 9th Century B.C.
The hollow vessel with a wide neck, the head forming an open pouring spout, with two curved horns and small ears below, a raised ridge running down the neck, across the lower back and forming the tail, the genitalia visible underneath, a large hump protruding from the middle of the back, probably a later addition, 24.5 cm high

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Provenance:
Private collection, UK, acquired prior to 1982.

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