A PARTHIAN POTTERY STAG VESSEL

CIRCA 3RD-1ST CENTURY B.C.

Details

A PARTHIAN POTTERY STAG VESSEL
CIRCA 3RD-1ST CENTURY B.C.
The globular body on tapering legs, small ears beneath the long notched antlers, an everted vessel mouth emerging from the back, a circular nozzle on the breast
9 ¼ in. (23.5 cm.) long

Provenance

Private collection, Hamburg, acquired prior to 1977; and thence by descent to the present owner.

Exhibited

Hamburg, Museum für Kunst und Gewerbe, Kunst der Antike: Schätze aus norddeutschem Privatbesitz, 21 January-6 March 1977.

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Lot Essay

PUBLISHED:
W. Hornbostel, Kunst der Antike - Schätze aus norddeutschem Privatbesitz, Museum für Kunst und Gewerbe Hamburg, Mainz, 1977, cat. no. 177.

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