A GREEK PARCEL GILT SILVER BOWL

LATE HELLENISTIC PERIOD, CIRCA 1ST CENTURY B.C.

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A GREEK PARCEL GILT SILVER BOWL
LATE HELLENISTIC PERIOD, CIRCA 1ST CENTURY B.C.
Hemispherical in form with a flaring rim, the exterior with a central pentafoliate blossom from which rise thirty-five long flutes, their tips curving outward, a trefoil leaf garland above ornamented with collar-set garnets and blue glass, a spirally-wrapped taenia framed by thin hatched bands below the rim, the blossom, the zones between the flutes, the garland and the taenia all preserving gilding
5 3/8 in. (13.6 cm.) diameter

Provenance

Acquired by the current owner in 1988.

Lot Essay

For a pair of silver bowls with similar long petals, see no. 115 in True, et al., A Passion for Antiquities, Ancient Art from the Collection of Barbara and Lawrence Fleischman. For two bowls each with similar rosettes and garlands, likewise set with garnets, see nos. 69 and 70 in Pfrommer, Metalwork from the Hellenized East, Catalogue of the Collections.

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