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LOT 0609
Sold for (Inc. bp): £260
ARCHAIC CYPRIOT BRONZE DISH
7TH CENTURY B.C.
4 1/4 in. (52 grams, 10.7 cm).
7TH CENTURY B.C.
4 1/4 in. (52 grams, 10.7 cm).
Hemispherical with low profile and gently flaring walls, flat base. [No Reserve]
PROVENANCE:
Ex London, UK, collections, 1990s-2000s.
This lot is accompanied by an illustrated lot declaration signed by the Head of the Antiquities Department, Dr Raffaele D'Amato.
LITERATURE:
Cf. for similar Richter, G.M.A., The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Greek, Etruscan and Roman Bronzes, New York, 1925, p.204, fig.612.
FOOTNOTES:
The Greek name for a shallow, round bowl, generally with a round boss in the centre, appears to have been phiale, which is described as resembling a shield (Aristotle, Rhetoric, III, 4, 1 1; Poetics, 21, 12), and as without handles.
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