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THE PROPERTY OF A GENTLEMAN
A PARTHIAN THERIOMORPHIC POTTERY VESSEL
CIRCA 3RD-2ND CENTURY B.C.
Details
A PARTHIAN THERIOMORPHIC POTTERY VESSEL
CIRCA 3RD-2ND CENTURY B.C.
In the form of a standing ibex with short tail, tapering legs, rounded nose and bulbous eyes, its large backward-curving horns attached to an ovoid shaped jar which sits on the animal's back, painted in dark brown and black with geometric decoration
10¾ in. (27.4 cm.) high
CIRCA 3RD-2ND CENTURY B.C.
In the form of a standing ibex with short tail, tapering legs, rounded nose and bulbous eyes, its large backward-curving horns attached to an ovoid shaped jar which sits on the animal's back, painted in dark brown and black with geometric decoration
10¾ in. (27.4 cm.) high
Provenance
Anonymous sale; Sotheby's, London, 22 May 1989, lot 70.
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