9 in. (22.8 cm.) diam.

with Mehdi Mahboubian (1921-2005), London and New York, acquired circa 1960s.
Egyptian, Western Asiatic, Greek, Etruscan, Roman Antiquities and Ancient Glass, Sotheby's, London, 13-14 December 1982, lot 125.
with David Aaron, London.
Acquired by the current owner from the above, 2009.

J. Boardman, "Greek Art," in M. Merrony, ed., Mougins Museum of Classical Art, Mougins, 2011, p. 68, fig. 37.

Musée d'Art Classique de Mougins, 2011-2023 (Inv. no. MMoCA380).

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Decorated with a central parcel-gilt multi-petalled rosette with dot motifs and a parcel-gilt border below a rim of wave and dot motifs. Ornate silver vessels, both serving utensils and drinking bowls like this one, were part of the household equipment of the Hellenistic elite. Used at symposia or aristocratic drinking parties, these vessels displayed the wealth of the owner. For those who wanted to emulate this lifestyle, but could not afford silver vessels, less expensive versions of these bowls were crafted in terracotta. For a similar vessel at the Getty Villa Museum, Malibu, cf. Inv. no. 81.AM.84.23.