A HELLENISTIC SILVER-GILT BOWL, of shallow conical form, decorated on the inside with a raised and gilded tendril frieze framed by two 'rope' bands and a wave meander above, a gilt meander below the rim, in the centre three concentric circles enclosed by a wider small circle and arc frieze, the exterior plain with surface encrustation, circa 1st Century B.C.

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A HELLENISTIC SILVER-GILT BOWL, of shallow conical form, decorated on the inside with a raised and gilded tendril frieze framed by two 'rope' bands and a wave meander above, a gilt meander below the rim, in the centre three concentric circles enclosed by a wider small circle and arc frieze, the exterior plain with surface encrustation, circa 1st Century B.C.
7 3/8in. (18.9cm.) diam. max., 2¼in. (5.7cm.) high

Lot Essay

Cf. M. Pfrommer, Metalwork from the Hellenized East, J. Paul Getty Museum, Malibu, 1993, pp. 134-5, no. 13 for similar

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