Lot Essay
Cf. M. Pfrommer, Metalwork from the Hellenized East: Catalogue of the Collections, The J. Paul Getty Museum, Malibu, 1993, pp. 148-149, no. 22 for a similar smaller bowl.
2ND CENTURY B.C., GRAECO-PARTHIAN
Details
A large Hellenistic silver bowl
2nd Century B.C., Graeco-Parthian
Of deep conical form, the interior with raised moulding around the rim and upper bowl, both flanked with multiple chased encircling lines, the exterior with surface encrustation, three small punctures
11 in. (27.7 cm.) diam.; 4 in. (10 cm.) high
2nd Century B.C., Graeco-Parthian
Of deep conical form, the interior with raised moulding around the rim and upper bowl, both flanked with multiple chased encircling lines, the exterior with surface encrustation, three small punctures
11 in. (27.7 cm.) diam.; 4 in. (10 cm.) high