A Sassanian Silver Ewer, circa 5th Century A.D.

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July 5, 03:02 PM GMT

Estimate

15,000 - 20,000 GBP

Lot Details

Description

A Sassanian Silver Ewer

circa 5th Century A.D.

of slender piriform shape and standing on a tall waisted foot, the tapering neck rising to a flattened spout, the strap handle of quadrangular section and surmounted by a globular thumbrest, a dotted Middle Persian inscription on the edge of the foot.

Height 30 cm.

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private collection, France

Drouot, Paris, C. Boisgirard & A. de Heeckeren, Paris, September 24th, 1981, no. 167, illus.

Saeed Motamed, Frankfurt

Christie's, London, The Saeed Motamed Collection, April 22nd, 2013, no. 36, illus.

acquired by the present owner at the above sale

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