SILVER CUP

SILVER CUP

Roman art, 4th century A.D.

A hemispherical cup resting on a ring-shaped foot and topped by a wide, flat rim with a beaded decoration around the edge.

Dimensions: 5 x 13.5 cm

Weight: 220 g

Provenance: Former B. Collection, Switzerland, acquired between 1960 and 1980

David Cahn Auktionen AG, Basel, September 23, 2005: lot 91 (ill.)

Royal-Athena Galleries, New York

Christian Levett Collection, Musée d’Art Classique de Mougins, acquired in 2009

Exhibitions: Musée d’Art Classique de Mougins (MACM), Mougins, France, June 2011–August 2023 (Inv. No. MMoCA308)

The Banquet: From Marseille to Rome, Pleasure and Power Games, Museum of Mediterranean Archaeology, Centre de la Vieille Charité, Marseille, France, December 3, 2016—June 17, 2017

Bibliography: Jean-David Cahn AG, Auction 5, Basel, September 23, 2005, lot 91

J. M. Eisenberg, *Art of the Ancient World*, Royal-Athena Galleries, 2007, vol. XVIII, no. 165

G. Deckert (ed.), The Banquet: From Marseille to Rome, Pleasure and Power Games, Museum of Mediterranean Archaeology, Centre de la Vieille Charité, France, 2016

A Roman silver bowl,

4th century A.D.