Inv. n°: MMoCA319

Roman Silver Gobelet

With flaring mouth and slender silhouette, with a central band of repoussée floral decoration on the waisted body; the base with concave edged tongues above the knopped pedestal stem and conical foot.

h. 18.5 cm

4th century AD

Silver

Provenance

  • Ex private English collection, acquired in the 1970s
  • Acquired by Royal-Athena Galleries from Gorny & Mosh sale, Munich (Germany), 22nd June 2007, lot 38
  • Acquired at Royal-Athena Galleries, New York, 24th June 2009, GMG08

Publications

  • Gorny & Mosh Sale, Munich, 22nd June 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.), "Plaisir et jeux de pouvoir", Le banquet de Marseille à Rome, 2016, p. 86, cat. 25
  • Ville de Mougins, "C'est quoi cette oeuvre?'", Mougins Infos, France, December 2019, no. 72, p. 41

Exhibitions

  • 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
  • Musée d'Art Classique de Mougins (MACM), Mougins, France, from June 2011

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