A LATE PARTHIAN OR EARLY SASANIAN TURQUOISE GLAZED POTTERY RHYTON
A LATE PARTHIAN OR EARLY SASANIAN TURQUOISE GLAZED POTTERY RHYTON

CIRCA 3RD CENTURY A.D.

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A LATE PARTHIAN OR EARLY SASANIAN TURQUOISE GLAZED POTTERY RHYTON
CIRCA 3RD CENTURY A.D.
14 in. (35.5 cm.) high
Provenance
with Gallery Rosen, Tel Aviv, acquired prior to 1977.
Anonymous sale; Boisgirard, Hôtel Drouot, Paris, 23 April 2001, lot 84.

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Lot Essay

For a discussion on a related rhyton in the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, cf. J. Aruz, 'Recent Acquisitions: A Selection, 2000-2001', in The Metropolitan Museum of Art Bulletin, where it is suggested that the diadem of the female head may identify the deity as Nana based on the presence of wheat stalks.

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