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Greek bronze phiale - ex Bonhams

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Object number
AR3028
Object: Phiale
Flat libation bowl without foot or handle

Material: Massive bronze

Date: About 5th century B.C.
Classical epoch of Ancient Greece

Description:    Flat bowl, underside with fluted petals emanating from a central rosette. With wide flared rim.

Size: Diameter 158 mm, height 53 mm

Condition: Perfectly preserved. The massive bronze is in an excellent condition and has a very attractive black-green patina.

Provenance: Acquired 2020 in a British auction house. Prom a New York private collection, acquired on the British art market. Ex Bonhams, New Bond Street, London, auction April 25, 2012, Lot 33. Ex US private collection N.J., acquired in the 1970s.

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