AN IRANIAN BRONZE SPOUTED VESSEL
circa early 1st millennium b.c.
The hammered, ovoid vessel with a high, slightly flaring neck and a long, deeply channeled open spout, with embossed and incised ornament on the shoulders
5.1/8 in. (13 cm.) high
Lot Essay
For a nearly identical vessel see pl. 62A in Pope, ed., A Survey of Persian Art.
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