Small silver bowl with sculptural plant frieze. Roman, 1st half 3rd century AD. H 3.1cm, ø 9.5cm (117.5g). Cast with cold work. Good to compare with the silver bowl New York, Metropolitan Museum of Art 45.160 (search: metmuseum.org 254540) Partially slightly toned on the outside, slightly dented in one place, otherwise intact. Provenance: Ex Austrian private collection M. S., since the 1970s. At Gorny & Mosch auction 279, Munich 2021, lot 175.

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