Roman Gilt Silver Lidded Pyxis

2ND-3RD CENTURY AD

2 1/2" (190 grams, 65mm).

A parcel-gilt silver pyxis with band of gilt discs to the sidewall depicting deities and their symbols (Dionysus, Apollo, Venus, Abundantia(?) with baskets of fruit and amphorae) between bands of niello-inlaid scrolled tendrils; the pyxis drum-shaped with flared rims, the lid with central knop handle and similar niello-inlaid decorative band.

Provenance

From an old European collection; acquired in Munich in the 1970s; accompanied by a metallurgic analytical report, written by Metallurgist Dr. Brian Gilmour of the Research Laboratory for Archaeology and the History of Art, University of Oxford, report number 624/133698.

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LOT 0146

Roman Gilt Silver Lidded Pyxis

Sold for (Inc. bp): £25,000

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