A GREEK PARCEL GILT SILVER BOWL
A GREEK PARCEL GILT SILVER BOWL
A GREEK PARCEL GILT SILVER BOWL
A GREEK PARCEL GILT SILVER BOWL
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A GREEK PARCEL GILT SILVER BOWL

HELLENISTIC PERIOD, CIRCA 2ND-1ST CENTURY B.C.

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A GREEK PARCEL GILT SILVER BOWL
HELLENISTIC PERIOD, CIRCA 2ND-1ST CENTURY B.C.
4 ¼ in. (10.9 cm.) diam.
Provenance
with Julian Sherrier, London.
with Mahboubian Gallery, London, acquired from the above in 1989.

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Lot Essay

The exterior decoration consisting of a berried wreath, tied with a Herakles knot design at the back; a pattern on tongues below emanates from a ribbed disc on the base. With remains of gilding.
Silver bowls with floral decoration were widespread in the Hellenistic Period. Some were made in two parts and have their ornament in high relief, while others, as here, are made from one piece, with the decoration executed in extremely low relief. For a high relief example in Toledo and a discussion of the type see p. 79 in Oliver, Silver for the Gods, 800 Years of Greek and Roman Silver.

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