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THREE GREEK SILVER VESSELS
THREE GREEK SILVER VESSELS

HELLENISTIC PERIOD, CIRCA LATE 4TH CENTURY B.C.

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THREE GREEK SILVER VESSELS
hellenistic period, circa late 4th century b.c.
Including two cups and an oenochoe; the calyx-form cups with hemispherical bodies, plain concave necks and flaring rims, each interior decorated with a gilt silver boss, one with a lion's head, the other with a human mask with long hair; the trefoil-mouth oenochoe with plain flared foot and triple handle terminating in a lanceolate attachment on the body
5 in. (14 cm) high for the largest (3)

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Similar Hellenistic cups, derived from Achaemenid prototypes, have been found in Macedonia, Bulgaria, South Russia and elsewhere. Compare the cup in the Kavalla Musuem, no. 120 in Yalouris, et al., The Search for Alexander.