19th-20th century AD. An ornament modelled after the famo Hellenistic oinochoe held in the British Meum, formed as an African head with naturalistic detailing to the hair and face, vessel neck with trefoil mouth emerging from the top of the head; after the antique; solid-formed. Cf. The British Meum, meum number 1955,1008.1, for the original dated 2nd-1st century BC. 140 grams, 99mm high (4"). Property of a London gentleman. [No Reserve]