£1,500 - £2,000
Three silver aryballoi, incomplete, Roman or Gandhara, c. late 1st century BC - early 1st century A.D. the first with flattened sides, the second of globular shape with a cover raised on a low foot, both with evidence of soldered handles on either side, the third also globular with a narrow petalled band on the shoulder, all with waisted necks and flat rims, the tallest 7cm
Provenance: Private Collection, England, prior to 1979.
Literature: F. Baratte, East and West: A Central Asian Silver Hoard from the Parthian Era, 2002, p. 39, fig. 19a-c
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