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LARGE SILVER CUP, PARTIALLY GILDED
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LARGE SILVER CUP, PARTIALLY GILDED
See original version (French)
Estimate €6,000 - €8,000
Voluntary lot
Description
LARGE SILVER CUP, PARTIALLY GILDED
Hellenistic art, 2nd–1st century BC
A large hemispherical cup decorated on the inner rim with an incised interlaced pattern enhanced with gold.
Diameter: 26 cm
Weight: 680 g
Provenance: American art market
David Aaron Ancient Arts, London, 2007
Christian Levett Collection, Mougins Museum of Classical Art, acquired in 2009
Exhibitions: Musée d’Art Classique de Mougins (MACM), Mougins, France, June 2011–August 2023 (Inv. No. MMoCA379)
Caesar & Cleopatra, Historisches Museum Der Pfalz, Speyer, Germany, 13 April – 26 October 2025
Bibliography: J. Boardman, “Greek Art” in M. Merrony (ed.), Mougins Museum of Classical Art, France, 2011, p. 67, fig. 35
A. Schubert, “Das Erbe Caesars Und Das Neue Rom” in Historisches Museum Der Pfalz Speyer (ed.), Caesar & Kleopatra, 2025, pp. 218–219
A large Hellenistic parcel-gilt silver bowl,
2nd–1st century BC
See original version (French)
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