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LOT 0096

Hellenistic Silver-Gilt Drinking Cup

2ND-1ST CENTURY B.C.

4 1/4 in. (508 grams, 10.9 cm).

A heavy hemispherical vessel with simulated braid beneath the rim and Hercules' knot; the body with lotus-flower ornament.

Provenance

Acquired before 1983.
Ex London gallery, 1990s.

This lot has been checked against the Interpol Database of stolen works of art and is accompanied by a search certificate number no.12661-236259.
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

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.

CONDITION

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LOT 0096

Hellenistic Silver-Gilt Drinking Cup

Sold for (Inc. bp): £13,000

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