Inv. n°: MMoCA306

Hellenistic Silver Skyphos

On a stemmed foot with a deep ovoid body. The twin flat winged thumb plates are supported on foliate rings. Adornments attached below the handles.

h. 12.3 x Ø 9.5 cm

3rd–2nd century BC

Silver

Provenance

  • Ex private French collection
  • Acquired by Royal-Athena Galleries at Boisgirard Sale, Arts d'Orient, Paris, 16th June 2005, lot 99
  • Acquired at Royal-Athena Galleries, New York, 24th June 2009, BPP17

Publications

  • J. M. Eisenberg, Art of the Ancient World, Royal-Athena Galleries, 2006, p. 67, no. 134
  • Boisgirard & Associés, Arts d'Orient, Paris, 16th June 2005, lot 99
  • J. Boardman, "Greek Art" in M. Merrony (ed.), Mougins Museum of Classical Art, France, 2011, p. 67, fig. 32
  • D. Djaoui (ed.), "Le luxe du triciclium", On n'a rien inventé, Musée d'histoire de Marseille, France, 2019, p. 40
  • N. Benazeth, "Dining with Socrates and Nero", Minerva: the International Review of Ancient Art & Archaeology, May/June 2017, p. 25, fig. 9

Exhibitions

  • Musée d'Art Classique de Mougins (MACM), Mougins, France, from June 2011
  • Le banquet: de Marseille à Rome, plaisir et jeux de pouvoir, Musée d’Archéologie Mediterranéenne,Centre de la Vieille Charité, Marseille, France, 3rd December 2016 — 17th June 2017
  • On n'a rien inventé! Produits, Commerce et Gastronomie dans l'antiquite Romaine, Musée d'histoire de Marseille, Marseille, France, 15th August 2019 — 24th November 2019

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