Lot no. 60
Hellenistic Bronze Bowl with High Rim. 4th-3rd century B.C. Deep sidewall, handle formed by a horizontal oval loop with offset central section and semi-circular plaque adorned with stylised pendant palmette; slightly offset rim. Cf. Maierovskii III Burial-mound no. 4/2002, Burial no. 3B, Moscow, State Historical Museum, inv. no. 112873, list ? 2078/77, in Treister, M., 'Parthian and Early Sasanian 'Imports' in the Burials of the Nomads of Eastern Europe (2nd Century BCE-3rd Century CE)' in Choref, M.M., Materials in Archaeology and History of Ancient and Medieval Crimea, Moscow, 2018, pp.118-210, fig.4, 1-3, for similar. 775 grams, 32.9 cm (13 in.). (For this specific lot, 5% import VAT is applicable on the hammer price.) Ex P.M. Suter, 1970s-1994. with Cahn Auktionen AG, 3 November 2012, no.184. Accompanied by a copy of an Art Loss Register certificate no.S00069492.
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