Hellenistic Gilt Silver Skyphos
2nd-1st century BC. A silver skyphos with rolled rim, pelletted border with a running frieze of gilt petals below, applied shallow foot with gilt petalled border; the handles with rectangular thumbpad and triangular extension below the loop. 254 grams, 11.5cm (4 1/2"). Property of a European businessman; from his private Belgian collection formed in the 1990s; previously in a North American collection formed in Illinois in the 1980s.
Condition Report: Fine condition, handles reattached.
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2nd-1st century BC. A silver skyphos with rolled rim, pelletted border with a running frieze of gilt petals below, applied shallow foot with gilt petalled border; the handles with rectangular thumbpad and triangular extension below the loop. 254 grams, 11.5cm (4 1/2"). Property of a European businessman; from his private Belgian collection formed in the 1990s; previously in a North American collection formed in Illinois in the 1980s.
Condition Report: Fine condition, handles reattached.