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Phiale 

Sasanian

5th Century AD

Diameter 13.8 cm; Height 3.5 cm

PROVENANCE: Private english collection, 1979.

CONDITION: Intact.

The bowl was probably first beaten out to create a flat form. The base was then worked from the inside and the outside to create a thick metal circle. From this the piece was worked from the inside to achieve the bulbous bowl form without decoration on the omphalos.

This phiale is one of the most characteristic bowls. It is a ritual bowl which was used to hold a beverage, probably alcoholic, and was also used for libations to the divinities. The history of this recipient form is very lengthy: it was very much favoured in the eastern and central Mediterranean area, to the point where it became the Greek vessel form par excellence for the religious act of libation as early as the Archaic Period around the 7th Century BC.

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- The piece includes Spanish Export License (Passport for European Union).
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      - From 6.001 to 60.000 euros: 10%.
      - From 60.001 to 600.000 euros: 20%.
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- The seller guarantees that he acquired this piece according to all national and international laws related to the ownership of cultural property. Provenance statement seen by Catawiki.


5th century BC

Persian Achaemenid Gilded Bronze Solid phiale omphalos vessel. Unique. 13,8 cm D. Very Nice!!

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