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LOT 0664
Roman Silver Decorated Dish
CIRCA 4TH-5TH CENTURY A.D.
3 3/4 in. (39 grams, 95 mm wide).
Comprising a shallow bowl fitted with handles and raised foot, the rim engraved with petals. [No Reserve]
Provenance
From a North Yorkshire, UK, private collection.
Acquired from Adam Partridge Auctioneers, Macclesfield, UK.
Property of Mr A.B., an American collector.
Literature
Cf. Walters, H.B., Catalogue of the silver plate (Greek, Etruscan and Roman) in the British Museum, London, 1921, pp.XIX no.4 (shape); plate III, for similar.
Footnotes
In regards of the shape, Roman silver vessels usually fall into three classes: (1) vessels for eating; (2) vessels for drinking; (3) jugs and saucepans (trullae). The first class includes flat, circular dishes (lances), often of considerable size; the situlae or buckets, and the bowls with projecting rims (our specimen) of various dimensions. The form of the present bowl (probably used for spices, like pepper [piperatoria]) occurs all over the Mediterranean basin, and is Alexandrian in origin.
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