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LOT 0097
Hellenistic Silver-Gilt Bowl
2ND CENTURY B.C.
7 1/4 in. (354 grams, 18.6 cm wide).
With carinated profile, rolled rim, circumferential bands to the inner face, gilt concentric bands and hatched wreath; in a velvet-lined presentation case.
Provenance
UK private collection before 2000.
Acquired on the UK art market.
Private collection, London.
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 a search certificate number no.12662-236222.
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. Strong, D.E., Greek and Roman Gold and Silver Plate, Glasgow, 1966; Hiebert, F., Cambon, P., Afghanistan, crossroads of the Ancient World, London, 2011, p.278; Ebbinghaus, S., Feasting with gods, heroes, and kings, Cambridge, 2019; Pfrommer, M., Metalwork from the Hellenized East: Catalogue of the Collections of the J. Paul Getty Museum, Malibu, 1993, pp.36ff and 140ff, for general discussion and parallels (especially fig.34, BM, inventory no.134304, and no.24, p.151).
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