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HELLENISTIC POTTERY BULL RHYTON FRAGMENT

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HELLENISTIC POTTERY BULL RHYTON FRAGMENT
HELLENISTIC POTTERY BULL RHYTON FRAGMENT
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Ca. 300-1 BC. A substantial ceramic bull's head from a rhyton with naturalistic features; modelled with short horns, ears, frowning face, eyes, snout and fleshy muzzle. A rhyton is a roughly conical container from which fluids were intended to be drunk or to be poured, whether as part of a religious ritual or during feasting. See Ebbinghaus, S., Animal Shaped Vessels of the Ancient World, Feasting with Gods, Heroes and Kings, Harvard Art Museums, 2018, p.314, for a sketch of a similar. Size: L:165mm / W:86mm; 408gProvenance: Private London collector; obtained from an important London W1, gallery; previously acquired 1970s-1980s.
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HELLENISTIC POTTERY BULL RHYTON FRAGMENT

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