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LOT 0624
Hellenistic Shallow Glass Dish
3RD CENTURY B.C.
5 in. (114 grams, 12.7 cm).
Broad dish with carinated profile and curved flange rim; lotiform decoration to underside with central starburst tondo.
Provenance
Private collection of Mr S.A., Düsseldorf, formed prior to 1967.
Private collection, UK.
This lot has been checked against the Interpol Database of stolen works of art and is accompanied by search certificate number no.12813-241336.
This lot has been cleared against the Art Loss Register database, and is accompanied by an illustrated lot declaration signed by the Head of the Antiquities Department, Dr Raffaele D'Amato.
Literature
Cf. for identical glass vessel Davidson Weinberg, G., ‘Hellenistic Glass Vessel from the Athenian Agora’ in Hesperia, 1961, pp.379-392, pl.93a (Archaeological Museum of Napoli).
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LOT 0624
Hellenistic Shallow Glass Dish
Estimate £3,000 - 4,000€3,480 - 4,640 (for guidance only)$4,050 - 5,400 (for guidance only)
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