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LOT 0830
Roman Silver Kantharos Wine Cup
2ND CENTURY B.C.-1ST CENTURY A.D.
5 1/2 in. (156 grams, 14 cm wide).
With deep spherical body supported on a round stand; incised with a band around the inner surface and concentric circles on the outer body; two looped high handles, one with stipple engraved monogram on the upper side.
ProvenanceEx Mansees collection, formed 1950s-early 1990s.
From a large American collection formed in Chicago, Illinois, USA, in 1995.
From a European collection.
This lot has been checked against the Interpol Database of stolen works of art and is accompanied by search certificate no.11627-197618.
Cf. Roberts, P., Life and Death in Pompeii and Herculaneum, The British Museum, London, 2013, pp.238-9, for similar; cf. Mattusch, C.C., Pompeii and the Roman Villa: Art And Culture Around The Bay Of Naples, Washington, 2009, p.123, item 29, for a comparable vessel identified as 'probably late Republican'.
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LOT 0830
Roman Silver Kantharos Wine Cup
Estimate £3,500 - 4,500€4,060 - 5,220 (for guidance only)$4,730 - 6,080 (for guidance only)
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