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LOT 0060
Hellenistic Bronze Bowl with High Rim
4TH-3RD CENTURY B.C.
13 in. (775 grams, 32.9 cm).
Deep sidewall, handle formed by a horizontal oval loop with offset central section and semi-circular plaque adorned with stylised pendant palmette; slightly offset rim.
ProvenanceEx P.M. Suter, 1970s-1994.
with Cahn Auktionen AG, 3 November 2012, no.184.
Accompanied by a copy of an Art Loss Register certificate no.S00069492.
This lot is accompanied by an illustrated lot declaration signed by the Head of the Antiquities Department, Dr Raffaele D’Amato.
Cf. Maierovskii III Burial-mound no. 4/2002, Burial no. 3B, Moscow, State Historical Museum, inv. no. 112873, list Б 2078/77, in Treister, M., 'Parthian and Early Sasanian 'Imports' in the Burials of the Nomads of Eastern Europe (2nd Century BCE-3rd Century CE)' in Choref, M.M., Materials in Archaeology and History of Ancient and Medieval Crimea, Moscow, 2018, pp.118-210, fig.4, 1-3, for similar.
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Opening Bid: £400
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Opening Bid: £1,000
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