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CIRCA 6TH CENTURY B.C.
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A RHODIAN POTTERY PLASTIC ASKOS
CIRCA 6TH CENTURY B.C.
In the shape of a bull's head, with well-modelled facial features, ears, horns, nostrils and neck in added red, almond-shaped eyes in added black and white, hole in right ear
2 5/8in (6.6 cm) high
CIRCA 6TH CENTURY B.C.
In the shape of a bull's head, with well-modelled facial features, ears, horns, nostrils and neck in added red, almond-shaped eyes in added black and white, hole in right ear
2 5/8in (6.6 cm) high
Provenance
Anonymous sale; Sotheby's, London, 27 November 1967, lot 115.
The Summa Galleries Inc., Los Angeles, USA, Auction 1, 19 September 1981, no.1.
Anonymous sale; Bonham's, London, 6 October 2010, lot 82.
The Summa Galleries Inc., Los Angeles, USA, Auction 1, 19 September 1981, no.1.
Anonymous sale; Bonham's, London, 6 October 2010, lot 82.
Special notice
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