Bidspirit auction | PARTHIAN POTTERY JUG

PARTHIAN POTTERY JUG - Ca. 1st-2nd Century AD.A wheel-thrown pottery jug with a bell-shaped body, cylindrical neck with a stepped rim and a handle connecting the shoulder with a mouth. The exterior surface was coated with green glaze originally, but it has effloresced now. Cf. Christie's Live Auction 2450 Antiquities, 9 June 2011, Lot 35.Size: 250mm x 150mm; Weight: 1.4kgProvenance: Property of a North London gentleman; formerly in a European Collection, France, bought in Paris in the 1990s.