Urartu Decorated Bronze Chalice

EARLY 1ST MILLENNIUM B.C.

5 3/4 in. (255 grams, 14.6 cm wide).

With pedestal foot and rib above, bowl with repoussé collar to the equator, guilloche below; mouth with hatched vandykes at the shoulder.

Provenance

Ex property of a London, UK, gentleman, Mayfair gallery, 1990s.

Literature

See Salvini, M., Geschichte und Kultur der Urartäer, Darmstadt, 1995, for discussion.

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