An Achaemenid bronze animal-headed rhyton

An Achaemenid bronze animal-headed rhyton
Circa 5th Century B.C.
Terminating in the form of a bearded ram, with large eyes and engraved haunches, a small spout projecting from the ram's chest, the ribbed horn with a flaring everted lip, 27cm high

Provenance:
with J. Klejman, New York.
with Gallery Six, New York, acquired from the above in 1963.
with Aaron Gallery, London, acquired from the above 6 August 1991.
Bashir Maleknian collection, London, acquired from the above in 1992; and thence by descent until acquired by the present owner.

For a similar rhyton in silver, also with a bearded ram protome, see M. Carter, et al, Splendors of the Ancient East Antiquities from the al-Sabha Collection, Kuwait, 2013, p. 105, fig. 49.