Rare poly-lobed sardony bowl mounted on a gilded copper chal - Lot 2

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Rare poly-lobed sardony bowl mounted on a gilded copper chal - Lot 2
Rare poly-lobed sardony bowl mounted on a gilded copper chalice foot Stone: Roman art, 1st century BC - 1st century, reworked in Byzantine period Mounting: Northern Europe, 15th century H. 18 cm; diam. 12 cm Bears the Byzantine letters h HP under the sardony bowl The chalice bears the Gothic lettering AVE MARIA and six protruding letters forming the name IHESUS Provenance Private collection, England Bibliography Dario del Bufalo, Murrina Vasa, A luxury of Imperial Rome, Bibliotheca Archaeologica, 53, Rome, 2016, p. 62 no. 76. Condition: good, gilding worn and slightly oxidized on the foot (later assembly of bowl and foot).
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