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LOT 0553
Graeco-Roman Bronze Cup
2ND CENTURY B.C.-1ST CENTURY A.D.
3 5/8 in. (143 grams, 93 mm).
Drum-shaped body with a slightly convex base. [No Reserve]
ProvenanceEx 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.
Cf. similar cup in Istenič, J., Roman Stories from the crossroads,Ljubljana, 2015, p.63.
FootnotesThe small cup could belong to the typology of drinking vessels called mastos or cymbè. This denomination seems to have been derived from the inhabitants of the island of Paphos, with reference to the simple spherical vessels. Pollux mentions these vessels together with other cups, the phiale and the kumbion.
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