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LOT 2530
Gandharan Silver Footed Chalice
3RD-4TH CENTURY A.D.
5 1/8 in. (260 grams, 13 cm).
Comprising a horizontally fluted bowl with carination and scooped profile to the neck; gusseted collar to the stem and discoid foot; repaired.
ProvenanceUK private collection, 1980-1983.
Private collection, UK.
This lot is accompanied by an illustrated lot declaration signed by the Head of the Antiquities Department, Dr Raffaele D'Amato.
Cf. I. Kurita, Gandharan Art II, 2003, p.186, fig.535.
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