2nd-1st century BC. A slender silver rhyton formed as the forepart of a roe deer with folded legs, the animal's neck slightly arched; large eyes, eyebrows, nostrils and mouth modelled in relief; each antler with three tines, small hole to the breast; a slender steep horn with everted rim, the rim with a dentilled frieze on the top and Ionic kymation on the out-turned part; accompanied by a custom-made display stand. See Pfrommer, M., Metalwork from the Hellenized East, Catalogue of the Collections, the J. Paul Getty Museum, Malibu,1993; Carter, M.L., Goldstein, S., Harper, P.O., Kawami, T.S., Meyers, P., Splendors of the Ancient East, Antiquities from the al-Sabah collection, London, 2013; Ebbinghaus, S., Feasting with gods, heroes, and kings, Cambridge, 2019.807 grams total, 22.5cm including stand (9"). Acquired by the current owner in London in 2006; previously with Michael O'Hara, Bedfordshire, UK; acquired from K.J. Hewitt, UK, in 1970; formerly acquired in London in the 1950s; accompanied by a copy of an eleven page examination report number 69/2008 by Dr. habil Mikhail Treister dated 6 December 2008; accompanied by an archaeological expertise by Dr. Raffaele D’Amato; this lot has been checked against the Interpol Database of stolen works of art and is accompanied by AIAD certificate number no.10273-168738. Rhyta are the horn-shaped vessels many ancient peoples used for drinking wine. The Greeks favoured horses and human or mythical heads of satyrs for their rhyta. [A video of this lot is available to view on TimeLine Auctions website.] Very fine condition, restored.