Hellenistic Alabaster Dish

2nd century BC. A carved shallow alabaster dish or patera with flat rim and raised concentric bands to the outer face and base; accompanied by a custom-made display stand. Cf. Karetsou, A. et al., Crete-Egypt, Cultural Ties of Three Millennia, Catalogue, Cairo, Hellenic Ministry of Culture, 2000, p.415, for similar. 1.1 kg total, 22cm including stand (8 1/2"). Property of a Brussels gallery; previously in the Gracieuse Orion collection, Montreuil, France. For this specific lot, 5% import VAT is applicable on the hammer price
Condition Report: Fair condition, chipped.