Roman Silver Gobelet

With flaring mouth and slender silhouette, with a central band of repoussée floral decoration on the waisted body; the base with concave edged tongues above the knopped pedestal stem and conical foot.

h. 18.5 cm

4th century AD

Silver

Provenance

Ex private English collection, acquired in the 1970s
Acquired by Royal-Athena Galleries from Gorny & Mosh sale, Munich (Germany), June 22, 2007, lot 38
Acquired at Royal-Athena Galleries, New York, June 24, 2009, GMG08

Publications

Gorny & Mosh Sale, Munich, June 22, 2007, lot 38
J. M. Eisenberg, Art of the Ancient World, Royal-Athena Galleries, 2008, vol. XIX, p. 69, fig. 161
J. Spier, "Roman Silverware" in M. Merrony (ed.), Mougins Museum of Classical Art, France, 2011, p. 145 and p. 152, fig. 5
G. Dekert (ed.), "Plaisir et jeux de pouvoir", Le banquet de Marseille à Rome, 2016, p. 86, cat. 25
Ville de Mougins, "C'est quoi cette oeuvre?'", Mougins Infos, France, December 1, 2019, no. 72, p. 41

Exhibitions

Le banquet: de Marseille à Rome, plaisir et jeux de pouvoir, Musée d’Archéologie Mediterranéenne,Centre de la Vieille Charité, Marseille, France, December 3, 2016 — June 17, 2017
Musée d'Art Classique de Mougins (MACM), Mougins, France, from June 2011

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