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LOT 0117
Large Greek Silver-Gilt Bowl
HELLENISTIC, 2ND-1ST CENTURY B.C.
8 3/8 in. (428 grams, 21.2 cm).
A shallow phiale with chamfered, thickened rim; narrow band of gilding beneath the rim, broad parcel-gilt decorative band with wave borders framing reserved tendrils and foliage; to the centre a parcel-gilt panel with keystone border and quatrefoil motif.
Provenance
French collection, 1980s.
Pierre Berge & Associes, Paris, Archéologie, 16 May 2018, lot 214.
Accompanied by a copy of a seven-page examination report number 113/2019 by Dr habil Mikhail Treister.
Accompanied by the original French archaeological passport.
Accompanied by a copy of the relevant Pierre Berge & Associes catalogue pages.
This lot has been checked against the Interpol Database of stolen works of art and is accompanied by search certificate number no.10426-168735.
Literature
Cf. Pfrommer, M., Metalwork from the Hellenized East, The J.Paul Getty Museum, Catalogue of the Collections, Malibu, 1993, pp.110-111, no.1; 114-115 no.3; 118-119, no.5; 128-129, no.10, for similar bowls and decoration.
Footnotes
The bowl is comparable to an early group of Parthian bowls, kept in the P. Getty Museum, dated to the 2nd century B.C. It belongs to a group of bowls with parcel-gilt decoration on the interior, most probably manufactured in one of the Eastern Hellenistic workshops.
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LOT 0117
Large Greek Silver-Gilt Bowl
Estimate £18,000 - 24,000€20,880 - 27,840 (for guidance only)$24,300 - 32,400 (for guidance only)
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