A ROMAN BRONZE BEAKED OINOCHOE
A ROMAN BRONZE BEAKED OINOCHOE

CIRCA 1ST CENTURY A.D.

细节
A ROMAN BRONZE BEAKED OINOCHOE
circa 1st century a.d.
The conical body with horizontal shoulders, a cylindrical neck and trough spout, the underside of the hemispherical foot with lathe-turned concentric rings, the high arching handle with a bearded mask emerging from volutes where it joins the shoulders, and a horned lion-griffin where it joins the rim, its fore-paws extended along the rim, the mask and the lion-griffin enhanced with incised details, both with inlaid silver eyes
9½ in. (24.1 cm) high
来源
Antiquities and Islamic Art, Sotheby's, New York, 12 December 1997, lot 133

拍品专文

For similar examples compare no. 242 in Arce, et al, Los Bronces Romanos en Espa6na, and no. 56 in Williams, The Archeological Collection of the Johns Hopkins University.