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LOT 2041
Bactrian Style Silver Dish Fragment with Hellenistic Portraits
20TH CENTURY A.D.
8 7/8 in. (152 grams, 22.5 cm).
Comprising a portion of the silver-coloured metal rim; rim with vine tendrils, leaves and bunches of grapes modelled in high-relief and extending into the bowl; base with a ring of right-facing male profile busts each within a pelletted hoop, and border of larger pellets below; underside abraded. [No Reserve]
Provenance
From the London collection of the late Mr S.M., 1969-1999.
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LOT 2041
Bactrian Style Silver Dish Fragment with Hellenistic Portraits
Sold for (Inc. bp): £98
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