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.

Provenance

Ex 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.
This lot has been cleared against the Art Loss Register database, and is accompanied by an illustrated lot declaration signed by the Head of the Antiquities Department, Dr Raffaele D’Amato.

Published

Exhibited at the Harwich Museum, Harwich, Essex, UK, 19th June-9th September 2024; accompanied by a copy of a photograph of the artefacts on display.

Literature

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'.

CONDITION

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