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LOT 0082
Hellenistic Silver-Gilt Bowl with Diana in Roundel
1ST CENTURY B.C.
7 7/8 in. (321 grams, 20 cm diameter).
Comprising a deep hemispherical libation bowl with rolled rim bearing impressed egg-and-dart detailing, band of gilt wave-pattern ornament below the rim, separate broad band with ivy-leaf wreath; central tondo with repoussé bust of Diana with quiver over one shoulder, beaded necklace, deerskin mantle secured below her left shoulder, wayward hair fastened by an ivy-leaf diadem; beaded border with four studs; some restoration.
ProvenanceFrench art market, 1960s.
Ex Kanter Collection, London, UK, 1975.
Accompanied by an academic report by Dr Raffaele D'Amato.
This lot has been checked against the Interpol Database of stolen works of art and is accompanied by search certificate no.12494-230333.
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.
See Pfrommer, M., Metalwork from the Hellenized East: Catalogue of the Collections of the J. Paul Getty Museum, Malibu, 1993, pp.21ff and 140ff, for general discussion and parallels; see also Welc, F., Zeman-Wiśniewska, K., Zaremba, M., and Trzciński J., ‘Possible foreign origin of art decoration on Ptolemaic hemispherical faience bowls from Athribis (Nice Delta)’ in Kobyliński, Z.,Archaeologica Hereditas, 2020, pp.19-35.
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LOT 0082
Hellenistic Silver-Gilt Bowl with Diana in Roundel
Estimate £50,000 - 70,000€58,000 - 81,200 (for guidance only)$67,500 - 94,500 (for guidance only)
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