AN ASKOS IN THE FORM OF A SWIMMING DOLPHIN, black glazed, with applied eyes, a loop handle and short neck with opening in its back and a spout for pouring through its mouth, rim damaged and repaired, chip to snout and tail
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AN ASKOS IN THE FORM OF A SWIMMING DOLPHIN, black glazed, with applied eyes, a loop handle and short neck with opening in its back and a spout for pouring through its mouth, rim damaged and repaired, chip to snout and tail
10½in. (26.7cm.) long
Lot Essay
Cf., S. Moscati, The Phoenicians, Milan, 1988, p. 644, no. 360 for similar dated to 4th-3rd Century B.C.