Lot Essay
Cf. S. Fukai, Ceramics of Ancient Persia, New York and Tokyo, 1981, pp. 30-31, fig. 34, pl. 82 for similar.
2ND CENTURY A.D.
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A PARTHIAN TURQUOISE GLAZED POTTERY AMPHORA
2ND CENTURY A.D.
The body decorated with shallow vertical grooves and an encircling band of circular impressions, zigzag motifs around the shoulder, projecting knobs flanking base of twin handles and applied circular bosses on neck and handles
10 3/8 in. (26.4 cm.) high
2ND CENTURY A.D.
The body decorated with shallow vertical grooves and an encircling band of circular impressions, zigzag motifs around the shoulder, projecting knobs flanking base of twin handles and applied circular bosses on neck and handles
10 3/8 in. (26.4 cm.) high
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