SILVER SKYPHOS
SILVER SKYPHOS
Hellenistic art, 1st century B.C.
Calyx-shaped cup on a pedestal, flanked by two ring-shaped handles with thumb rests.
Restored.
Height: 12.3 cm
Weight: 240 g
Provenance: Former French private collection
Boisgirard & Associés, Paris, June 16 and 17, 2005: lot 99 (ill.)
Royal-Athena Galleries, New York
Christian Levett Collection, Mougins Museum of Classical Art, acquired in 2009
Exhibitions: Mougins Museum of Classical Art (MACM), Mougins, France, June 2011–August 2023 (Inv. No. MMoCA306)
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
We Didn’t Invent a Thing! Products, Trade, and Gastronomy in Roman Antiquity, Marseille History Museum, Marseille, France, August 15–November 24, 2019
Caesar & Cleopatra, Historisches Museum der Pfalz, Speyer, Germany, April 13–October 26, 2025
Bibliography: Boisgirard & Associés, Arts of the East, June 16–17, 2005, lot 99
J. M. Eisenberg, *Art of the Ancient World*, Royal-Athena Galleries, 2006, vol. XVII, p. 67, no. 134
J. Boardman, “Greek Art” in M. Merrony (ed.), Mougins Museum of Classical Art, France, 2011, p. 67, fig. 32
D. Djaoui (ed.), “The Luxury of the Triclinium,” *On n’a rien inventé*, Marseille History Museum, France, 2019, p. 40
A Hellenistic silver skyphos,
1st century B.C.
SILVER SKYPHOS
Hellenistic art, 1st century B.C.
Calyx-shaped cup on a pedestal, flanked by two ring-shaped handles with thumb rests.
Restored.
Height: 12.3 cm
Weight: 240 g
Provenance: Former French private collection
Boisgirard & Associés, Paris, June 16 and 17, 2005: lot 99 (ill.)
Royal-Athena Galleries, New York
Christian Levett Collection, Mougins Museum of Classical Art, acquired in 2009
Exhibitions: Mougins Museum of Classical Art (MACM), Mougins, France, June 2011–August 2023 (Inv. No. MMoCA306)
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
We Didn’t Invent a Thing! Products, Trade, and Gastronomy in Roman Antiquity, Marseille History Museum, Marseille, France, August 15–November 24, 2019
Caesar & Cleopatra, Historisches Museum der Pfalz, Speyer, Germany, April 13–October 26, 2025
Bibliography: Boisgirard & Associés, Arts of the East, June 16–17, 2005, lot 99
J. M. Eisenberg, *Art of the Ancient World*, Royal-Athena Galleries, 2006, vol. XVII, p. 67, no. 134
J. Boardman, “Greek Art” in M. Merrony (ed.), Mougins Museum of Classical Art, France, 2011, p. 67, fig. 32
D. Djaoui (ed.), “The Luxury of the Triclinium,” *On n’a rien inventé*, Marseille History Museum, France, 2019, p. 40
A Hellenistic silver skyphos,
1st century B.C.
