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CIRCA EARLY 1ST MILLENNIUM B.C.
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A PERSIAN POTTERY VESSEL IN THE FORM OF A STEATOPYGOUS RIDER
CIRCA EARLY 1ST MILLENNIUM B.C.
Mounted, side-saddle, the rider with stylized oval face, pierced semi-circular ears, grooves around the front of the neck, short arms and bulbous buttocks protruding behind, a spout formed by the crown of the head, on a quadruped with short legs, pierced ears, a mane in the form of a ridge running down the neck with encircling raised grooves and short notched tail
8¾ in. (22.2 cm.) high
CIRCA EARLY 1ST MILLENNIUM B.C.
Mounted, side-saddle, the rider with stylized oval face, pierced semi-circular ears, grooves around the front of the neck, short arms and bulbous buttocks protruding behind, a spout formed by the crown of the head, on a quadruped with short legs, pierced ears, a mane in the form of a ridge running down the neck with encircling raised grooves and short notched tail
8¾ in. (22.2 cm.) high
Provenance
Madame Marion Schuster (1902-1982) collection, Switzerland; thence by descent to Madame Mathilde de Goldschmidt Rothschild.
Antiquities from the Schuster Collection, Sotheby's, London, 10 July 1989, lot 48, item one.
Private collection, Switzerland.
Antiquities from the Schuster Collection, Sotheby's, London, 10 July 1989, lot 48, item one.
Private collection, Switzerland.
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