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394 - Gilt silver GOBELET reproducing the goblet (no. 1759) known …
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Estimate €200 - €300
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Gilt silver GOBELET reproducing the goblet (no. 1759) known as the "Vaphio" goblet. The body is decorated with tethered cattle being led peacefully by a man through a landscape. Goldsmith : Georges POMONIS Athens 20th century Greek work. H. 7 cm P. 283,5 g The two gold goblets on which our goblet is based were discovered in 1888 at Vaphio near Sparta, in a tholos tomb, by Christos Tsountas (our goblet is modelled on Goblet no. 1759). They date from 1600-1500 BC and were immediately hailed by scholars as masterpieces of Aegean art. Their walls depict the capture of wild bulls amidst trees and rocks. On the first cup, the bull tries to escape, knocks over two men and ends up in a net. In the second, the bull is peacefully lured by a heifer and then tied by one hind leg by a peasant. It could be a transposition of subjects from a fresco. They are preserved in the National Archaeological Museum in Athens and are the most perfect surviving works of Mycenaean or Minoan art. Expert | Florian Doux
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About the sale Antique Watches & Jewellery - Display items and Military decorations
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Auction time 06/09/2026 at 10:00 AM
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