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Achaemenid Bronze Phiale with Boss Achaemenid Bronze Phiale with Boss Achaemenid Bronze Phiale with Boss Achaemenid Bronze Phiale with Boss Achaemenid Bronze Phiale with Boss Achaemenid Bronze Phiale with Boss
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LOT 1202

Achaemenid Bronze Phiale with Boss

500-400 B.C.

6 1/2 in. (298 grams, 16.5 cm).

Broad lotiform bowl with everted and turned rim, domed mesomphalos.

Provenance

Acquired in the mid 1980s-1990s.
Private collection, Switzerland, thence by descent.
Private collection, since the late 1990s.

Literature

Cf. Mahboubian, Art of Ancient Iran: Copper and Bronze, London, 1997, no.321, p.246.

CONDITION
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LOT 1202

Achaemenid Bronze Phiale with Boss

Sold for (Inc. bp): £780

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