Bidspirit auction | GREEK SILVER-GILT LOBED MESOMPHALOS BOWL

GREEK SILVER-GILT LOBED MESOMPHALOS BOWL - Ca. 500 BC. A silver-gilt bowl with a shallow rounded body and broad flaring rim, hammered from a single sheet. The interior is decorated with radiating lobes and alternating flower buds around a central omphalos at the base. For similar see: The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Object Number: 64.56. Size: 180mm x 50mm; Weight: 200g Provenance: Private London collection; previously in the F. A. collection, Belgium, formed in the 1980s. This item has been cleared against the Art Loss Register database and comes with a confirmation letter.