A silver cup
拍品 56PROPERTY FROM THE PRIVATE COLLECTION OF JULIAN SHERRIER

A silver cup

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

已結束2010年9月14日

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USD 146,500

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A silver cup
Gandhara, circa late 1st century B.C. - early 1st century A.D.
Carinated, the plain upper portion waisted above a fluted ovoid bowl, with three parallel lines incised on the interior rim and an extensive pointillé inscription in Karoshti on the exterior
5 in. (12.7 cm.) high
310.5 g

Private Collection, England, prior to 1979

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The Karoshti inscription reads, rubea-putrasa budhavalasa sa 20 dhanea 1 1, which means "[Property] of Buddhavala, son of Rubea, sadera 20, dhanea 12." The name Rubea might also be read Rurea, the character is somehow in the middle of both outlines.