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345 - Chalice bowl. 10th–11th century A.D. Diameter 14.5 cm, height 13 cm. Bronze with a tin-plated surface. Domed bowl. Engraved decoration on the exterior: The busts of the four Evangelists with their names inscribed, and below the rim the inscription +ΠΙΕΤΕ ΕΞ ΑΥΤΟΥ ΠΑΝΤΕΣ ΤΟΥΤΟ ΕΣΤΗΝ ΤΟ ΕΜΑ ΜΟΥ ΤΟ ΤΙΣΚΕΝΗΣ ΔΗΑΘΗΚΙΣ Τ (sic!). Cf. Matthew 26:28: “Drink from it, all of you; this is my blood, the blood of the covenant, which is poured out for many for the forgiveness of sins.” Small restored crack; traces of the foot’s attachment at the bottom. Provenance: Formerly Gorny & Mosch Auction 268, 2019, lot 473; acquired in 1982 from the B.C. Collection, England. Prior to that, it was in the English art trade of the late 1960s. See *Rome and Byzantium—Archaeological Treasures from Bavaria*. Exhibition, Munich (1998), no. 46 ff.
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Chalice bowl. 10th–11th century A.D. Diameter 14.5 cm, height 13 cm. Bronze with a tin-plated surface. Domed bowl. Engraved decoration on the exterior: The busts of the four Evangelists with their names inscribed, and below the rim the inscription +ΠΙΕΤΕ ΕΞ ΑΥΤΟΥ ΠΑΝΤΕΣ ΤΟΥΤΟ ΕΣΤΗΝ ΤΟ ΕΜΑ ΜΟΥ ΤΟ ΤΙΣΚΕΝΗΣ ΔΗΑΘΗΚΙΣ Τ (sic!). Cf. Matthew 26:28: “Drink from it, all of you; this is my blood, the blood of the covenant, which is poured out for many for the forgiveness of sins.” Small restored crack; traces of the foot’s attachment at the bottom. Provenance: Formerly Gorny & Mosch Auction 268, 2019, lot 473; acquired in 1982 from the B.C. Collection, England. Prior to that, it was in the English art trade of the late 1960s. See *Rome and Byzantium—Archaeological Treasures from Bavaria*. Exhibition, Munich (1998), no. 46 ff.
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Auction 322: Ancient Art (Live Auction, Lots 1–407)Auction house
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