Ancient Near Eastern Pottery Bull Rhyton - Fantastic Drinking Vessel!

Ancient Near Eastern Pottery Bull Rhyton - Fantastic Drinking Vessel!

Circa 1st millennium BC
This pottery rhyton features a long tube flaring to its opening with a slightly everted rim, adorned at the other end with a bull protome exhibiting a tubular snout, applied eyes, majestic crescentic horns, and minuscule forelegs at the sides. Some restoration.
Rhytons were ceremonial vessels used for pouring liquids, often during religious rituals or feasts, symbolizing abundance and fertility in antiquity.

Dimensions: 380mm x 150mm; weight 925g
Provenance: Private UK Ancient Art Collection formerly acquired on the UK, European, and USA Art Markets from pre-2000 Collections.

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