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71 - SILVER-PLATED COPPER CUP
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SILVER-PLATED COPPER CUP Roman art, 4th century A.D. Cup with a fluted, carinated body resting on a conical pedestal; the body is decorated with a repoussé frieze of palmettes and flowers. Length: 18.5 cm Weight: 240 g Provenance: Former British private collection, acquired in the 1970s Gorny & Mosh, Munich, June 22, 2007: Lot 38 Royal-Athena Galleries, New York Christian Levett Collection, Musée d’Art Classique de Mougins, acquired in 2009 Exhibitions: Mougins Museum of Classical Art (MACM), Mougins, France, June 2011–August 2023 (Inv. No. MMoCA319) 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 Bibliography: Gorny & Mosh, Auction 158, Munich, June 22, 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.), “Pleasure and Power Games,” The Banquet from Marseille to Rome, 2016, p. 86, cat. 25 A Roman silvered copper goblet, 4th century A.D.
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