Large bronze Patera w figural handle, Greco-Persian, c. 4th. cent.
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Directory: Antiques: Regional Art: Ancient World: Near Eastern: Metalwork: Pre AD 1000: Item # 1467649
Directory: Antiques: Regional Art: Ancient World: Near Eastern: Metalwork: Pre AD 1000: Item # 1467649
$1,650.00
Reserved
Reserved
A wonderful and very large late achaemenid / Greco-Persian bronze Patera, c. 4th century B.C.
At the rim a bead moulding, the end of the handle in form of an animal-head, possibly a wolf or dog, on the handle engraved decoration.
Size: Nearly 35 cm. long incl. the handle and and quite deep, measuring 8 cm. from the handle down and ca. 5,3 cm. to the rim of the bowl.
Condition: Good Very Fine, a couple of tiny hairline cracks around the footring in the center, otherwise completely intact with preserved details and nice metal. Dark green patina with earthern encrustations.
Provenance: Gert Cleff, Wuppertal, ex Harlan J. Berk, Ltd. 15-3-2011.
At the rim a bead moulding, the end of the handle in form of an animal-head, possibly a wolf or dog, on the handle engraved decoration.
Size: Nearly 35 cm. long incl. the handle and and quite deep, measuring 8 cm. from the handle down and ca. 5,3 cm. to the rim of the bowl.
Condition: Good Very Fine, a couple of tiny hairline cracks around the footring in the center, otherwise completely intact with preserved details and nice metal. Dark green patina with earthern encrustations.
Provenance: Gert Cleff, Wuppertal, ex Harlan J. Berk, Ltd. 15-3-2011.
