Lot Essay
Cf. Sale catalogue, The Ernest Brummer Collection, Vol. II, Galerie Koller and Spink & Son, Zurich, 16-19 October 1979, p. 357, no. 713, for similar.
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CIRCA 5TH-4TH CENTURY B.C. OR EARLIER
Details
A LARGE PHRYGIAN PAINTED POTTERY BULL'S HEAD RHYTON
CIRCA 5TH-4TH CENTURY B.C. OR EARLIER
Decorated in brown and orange over a cream slip, ornate geometric motifs over the forelock, spirals along the cheeks and remains of a leaf chain around the wide everted rim, with short pointed horns and finely modelled muzzle, with handle on the underside, the muzzle pierced, repaired
9¾ in. (24.8 cm.) long
CIRCA 5TH-4TH CENTURY B.C. OR EARLIER
Decorated in brown and orange over a cream slip, ornate geometric motifs over the forelock, spirals along the cheeks and remains of a leaf chain around the wide everted rim, with short pointed horns and finely modelled muzzle, with handle on the underside, the muzzle pierced, repaired
9¾ in. (24.8 cm.) long
Provenance
Sold Arts d'Orient, Hotel Drouot, Paris, 25-26 September 1997, lot 284.
Special notice
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