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66 - PARTIALLY GILDED SILVER CUP
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PARTIALLY GILDED SILVER CUP Hellenistic art, 4th–3rd century B.C. A goblet with a truncated conical body and an everted rim, resting on a hemispherical, fluted base. The body is decorated with an incised and gilded frieze depicting a scroll of acanthus and ivy leaves. Minor restoration. Height: 10.2 cm Weight: 80 g Provenance: Former private collection, Hanover, Germany, assembled according to family tradition in the early 20th century Christie’s New York, December 11, 2003: lot 166 (ill.) (part of a lot) Royal-Athena Galleries, New York Christian Levett Collection, Musée d’Art Classique de Mougins, acquired in 2009 Exhibitions: Musée d’Art Classique de Mougins (MACM), Mougins, France, June 2011–August 2023 (Inv. No. MMoCA310) Caesar & Cleopatra, Historisches Museum Der Pfalz, Speyer, Germany, April 13–October 26, 2025 Bibliography: Christie’s, Antiquities, New York, December 11, 2003, lot 166 (part of lot) J. M. Eisenberg, *Art of the Ancient World*, Royal-Athena Galleries, 2005, vol. XVI, no. 134 J. Boardman, “Greek Art” in M. Merrony (ed.), *Mougins Museum of Classical Art, France*, 2011, p. 67, fig. 33 A. Schubert, “Das Erbe Caesars Und Das Neue Rom” in Historisches Museum Der Pfalz Speyer (ed.), Caesar & Kleopatra, 2025, pp. 218–219 A Hellenistic parcel-gilt silver beaker, 4th–3rd century B.C.
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