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8TH CENTURY A.D.
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TWO POST SASSANIAN TURQUOISE GLAZED POTTERY JARS
8TH CENTURY A.D.
Each with tapering body and loop handles attached at the rim and shoulder, areas of iridescence, 15 3/8 in. (39 cm.) high av.; and a Central Asian bronze quadruped finial with long curving horns, late 2nd/early 1st millennium B.C., 3 in. (7.5 cm.) high (3)
8TH CENTURY A.D.
Each with tapering body and loop handles attached at the rim and shoulder, areas of iridescence, 15 3/8 in. (39 cm.) high av.; and a Central Asian bronze quadruped finial with long curving horns, late 2nd/early 1st millennium B.C., 3 in. (7.5 cm.) high (3)
Provenance
Collection of Edouard des Courières (1896-1987).
Items one and two: formerly in the Stora collection, France, early 20th Century.
Items one and two: formerly in the Stora collection, France, early 20th Century.
Special notice
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