A TEPE SIALK POTTERY BEAK-SPOUTED RHYTON

THE PROPERTY OF A GENTLEMAN

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A TEPE SIALK POTTERY BEAK-SPOUTED RHYTON
CIRCA 1000-800 B.C.
The globular body with short neck and everted rim, with loop handle and long horizontal spout surmounted by a horse-head protome, decorated with brown 'sun-burst' pattern radiating out from the spout, the handle flanked by three rectangles ornamented with chequerboard and crosshatching, the neck with spots and chevrons, on the lower side of the body a spirited galloping horse, on the other a bull with high curving horns standing on a groundline of spots
12¾ in. (32.5 cm.) long; 9½ in. (24 cm.) high

Lot Essay

Cf. J. Curtis, Ancient Persia, The British Museum, London, 1989, p. 21, pl. 22; and T. S. Kawami, Ancient Iranian Ceramics from the Arthur M. Sackler Collections, New York, 1991, pp. 168-171, nos. 65-66 for similar vessels.

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