TWO ACHAEMENID BRONZE PHIALAI MESOMPHALOI
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TWO ACHAEMENID BRONZE PHIALAI MESOMPHALOI

CIRCA 5TH-4TH CENTURY B.C.

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TWO ACHAEMENID BRONZE PHIALAI MESOMPHALOI
CIRCA 5TH-4TH CENTURY B.C.
Larger: 6 ¼ in. (15.8 cm.) diameter
Provenance
with Gallery Rosen Ancient Art, Tel Aviv.
Acquired by the current owner from the above, 1976.
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This lot is offered without reserve.

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Lot Essay

The larger phiale is engraved with a cuneiform inscription along the outer rim. For a silver bowl in the British Museum with a similar embossed stylized lobe and petal design, see no. 102 in J. Curtis and N. Tallis, eds., Forgotten Empire: The World of Ancient Persia.

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