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LOT 0231
Judaean Gold Amulet Case with Menorah
4TH CENTURY A.D.
3/4 in. (3.74 grams, 19 mm).
Hollow-formed sheet-gold pendant amulet with suspension loops to the upper edge, collared granules to the lower edge and each end, granulated menorah motif to the obverse.
ProvenanceFrom and important collection of a London, UK, gentleman, 1990s.
This lot has been checked against the Interpol Database of stolen works of art and is accompanied by search certificate number no.13142-246959.
For the type see The Metropolitan Museum, object number 74.51.3319.
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LOT 0231
Judaean Gold Amulet Case with Menorah
Estimate £5,000 - 7,000€5,800 - 8,120 (for guidance only)$6,750 - 9,450 (for guidance only)
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This bowl is possibly part of a set of nearly identical vessels, probably used at the table of a high-status household, potentially that of a satrap. Persian governors (satrapes) used banquets to display their wealth and power by imitating royal banquets. It was a great honour for them to receive a drinking vessel such as this as a gift from the King of the Kings, thereby establishing their status as royal dinner guests. No doubt it took practice to drink adeptly from a vessel like this, yet the omphalos in the base would have made it easier to hold with one hand, with the middle finger hooked inside the indentation and the thumb stretched out to grip the vessel at or near the rim.
