FANTASTIC HELLENISTIC SILVER RHYTON WITH RAM'S PROTOME

Ca. 300 - 250 BC. A silver rhyton with a long curved horn-shaped body terminating at one end in a broad mouth with an everted rim and beaded border, and at the other in a ram protome. The animal has curled horns, pointed ears and a shaggy fleece rendered in chased locks, with a pouring spout projecting from the chest. For similar see: M. Pfrommer, Metalworks from Hellenized East, Catalogue of the Collections, Treasure III, cat. 71. Size: 230mm x 240mm; Weight: 380g Provenance: From a private UK collection; earlier purchased on the London art market in the 1990s. This item has been cleared against the Art Loss Register database and comes with a confirmation