SILVER-PLATED COPPER CUP
SILVER-PLATED COPPER CUP
Roman art, 4th century A.D.
Cup with a fluted, carinated body resting on a conical pedestal; the body is decorated with a repoussé frieze of palmettes and flowers.
Length: 18.5 cm
Weight: 240 g
Provenance: Former British private collection, acquired in the 1970s
Gorny & Mosh, Munich, June 22, 2007: Lot 38
Royal-Athena Galleries, New York
Christian Levett Collection, Musée d’Art Classique de Mougins, acquired in 2009
Exhibitions: Mougins Museum of Classical Art (MACM), Mougins, France, June 2011–August 2023 (Inv. No. MMoCA319)
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: Gorny & Mosh, Auction 158, 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.), “Pleasure and Power Games,” The Banquet from Marseille to Rome, 2016, p. 86, cat. 25
A Roman silvered copper goblet,
4th century A.D.
SILVER-PLATED COPPER CUP
Roman art, 4th century A.D.
Cup with a fluted, carinated body resting on a conical pedestal; the body is decorated with a repoussé frieze of palmettes and flowers.
Length: 18.5 cm
Weight: 240 g
Provenance: Former British private collection, acquired in the 1970s
Gorny & Mosh, Munich, June 22, 2007: Lot 38
Royal-Athena Galleries, New York
Christian Levett Collection, Musée d’Art Classique de Mougins, acquired in 2009
Exhibitions: Mougins Museum of Classical Art (MACM), Mougins, France, June 2011–August 2023 (Inv. No. MMoCA319)
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: Gorny & Mosh, Auction 158, 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.), “Pleasure and Power Games,” The Banquet from Marseille to Rome, 2016, p. 86, cat. 25
A Roman silvered copper goblet,
4th century A.D.
