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LOT 1527
Achaemenid Decorated Bronze Phiale Mesomphalos
5TH-4TH CENTURY B.C.
4 1/2 in. (157 grams, 11.5 cm).
A broad carinated bowl with radiating repoussé lotus-leaf panels, central domed roundel.
Provenancewith a London, UK gallery 1971-early 2000s.
This lot has been cleared against the Art Loss Register database, and is accompanied by an illustrated lot declaration signed by the Head of the Antiquities Department, Dr Raffaele D'Amato.
Cf. Gergova, D., Orphic Thrace and Achaemenid Persia in Nieling, J., and Rehm, E., Achaemenid Impact in the Black Sea, communications of powers, Aarhus, 2010, pp.67-86, figs.4c, 6, 7, 8, 10.
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