5TH CENTURY B.C.

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A SICILIAN TERRACOTTA RAM ASKOS
5TH CENTURY B.C.
The ram-shaped vessel with cylindrical body and long curling horns, a side spout on the left shoulder and a central aperture with twin handles on centre back, with brown painted decoration
4¾ in. (12 cm.) high

Provenance

Ars Antiqua, Lagerkatalog IV, Lucerne, 1969, no. 22.

Exhibited

Das Tier in der Antike, Archäologischen Institut der Universität Zürich, 21 September-17 November 1974, no. 80.

Special notice

VAT rate of 5% is payable on hammer price plus buyer's premium

Lot Essay

PUBLISHED:
H. Bloesch et al., Das Tier in der Antike, Archäologischen Institut der Universität Zürich, Zurich, 1974, p. 47, pl. 48, no. 289; and Animals, 1981, I, no. 123.

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