A silver cup
拍品 39PROPERTY FROM THE PRIVATE COLLECTION OF JULIAN SHERRIER

A silver cup

GANDHARA, CIRCA LATE 1ST CENTURY B.C. - EARLY 1ST CENTURY A.D.

已结束2010年9月14日

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A silver cup
Gandhara, circa late 1st century B.C. - early 1st century A.D.
With carinated ribbed walls, the upper portion cylindrical, the lower ovoid, with a separately made footed base, a slightly flared rim with three parallel lines incised on the inside and an extensive pointillé inscription in Karoshti on the exterior
5 1/8 in. (13 cm.) high
203.2 g

Private Collection, England, prior to 1979

专家说明

This cup type is illustrated on Gandharan reliefs from Buner, see I. Kurita, Gandharan Art II, 2003, p. 186, fig. 535. This type was also found in Taxila, see J. Marshall, Taxila: An Illustrated Account of Archaeological Excavations, vol. III, 1951, pl. 183, no. 273. For a another example, see K. Tanabe, Gandharan Art from the Hirayama Collection, 2007, p. 237, fig. VI-63. fig. VI-63.
The Karoshti inscription on the present example reads anamtasena-putrasa dhraasenasa sa 10 1 1, which means "[Property] of Dhraasena, son of Anantasena, sadera 12."