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LOT 0620
Hellenistic Decorated Silver Bowl
3RD CENTURY B.C.-1ST CENTURY A.D.
7 7/8 in. (437 grams, 20 cm wide).
With carinated profile, rolled rim, raised circumferential bands to the inner face and centre.
Provenance
Private Swiss collection, acquired 1999.
Ex Surena collection, London, UK.
Private European collection.
This lot has been checked against the Interpol Database of stolen works of art and is accompanied by search certificate no.11617-199030.
Literature
Cf. bowl of similar type in the British Museum, London, under accession number 134304.
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