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PROPERTY FROM A GERMAN PRIVATE COLLECTION
A GREEK SILVER PHIALE MESOMPHOLOS WITH A BYZANTINE INSCRIPTION
CIRCA 5TH-4TH CENTURY B.C. AND CIRCA 10TH-11TH CENTURY A.D.
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A GREEK SILVER PHIALE MESOMPHOLOS WITH A BYZANTINE INSCRIPTION
CIRCA 5TH-4TH CENTURY B.C. and CIRCA 10TH-11TH CENTURY A.D.
The shallow hammered bowl with a central boss, rounded shoulders and wide flaring rim, the exterior later engraved with three sections of scrolling vines separating two Greek inscriptions, "Saint Thekla" and, "Hope of God," the latter flanked by crosses
5½ in. (14 cm.) diameter; (2 5/8 in. (6.7 cm.) high
CIRCA 5TH-4TH CENTURY B.C. and CIRCA 10TH-11TH CENTURY A.D.
The shallow hammered bowl with a central boss, rounded shoulders and wide flaring rim, the exterior later engraved with three sections of scrolling vines separating two Greek inscriptions, "Saint Thekla" and, "Hope of God," the latter flanked by crosses
5½ in. (14 cm.) diameter; (2 5/8 in. (6.7 cm.) high
Provenance
Acquired in New York, 1995.
Literature
L. Wamser and G. Zahlhaas, eds., Rom und Byzanz, Archäologische Kostbarkeiten aus Bayern, Munich, 1998, no. 44.
L. Wamser, ed., Die Welt von Byzanz - Europas Östliches Erbe, Munich, 2004, no. 179.
L. Wamser, ed., Die Welt von Byzanz - Europas Östliches Erbe, Munich, 2004, no. 179.
Exhibited
Munich, Prähistorischen Staatssammlung, Rom und Byzanz, Archäologische Kostbarkeiten aus Bayern, 20 October 1998 - 14 February 1999.
Munich, Archäologische Staatsammlung - Museum für Vor- und Frühgeschichte, Die Welt von Byzanz - Europas Östliches Erbe - Glanz, Krisen und Fortleben einer tausendjährigen Kultur, 22 October 2004 - 3 April 2005.
Munich, Archäologische Staatsammlung - Museum für Vor- und Frühgeschichte, Die Welt von Byzanz - Europas Östliches Erbe - Glanz, Krisen und Fortleben einer tausendjährigen Kultur, 22 October 2004 - 3 April 2005.