Antiquities and Ancient Art: A Study

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Lot 122

Lot 122

A Hellenistic Gilt-Silver Calyx Cup

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Closed

Estimate: $5,000 - $7,000

Estimate$5,000 – $7,000

Status

Closed

A Hellenistic Gilt-Silver Calyx Cup

Late 4th-Early 3rd Century B.C.

Diameter 3 5/8 inches (9.4 cm).

Provenance:

Art Market, New York.

Antiquarium, Ltd., New York, 2018 (Treasures XVII, p. 32-33).

Note:

This luxurious item gives a good indication of the variety and quality of the craftsmanship that was required to provide for the needs of wealthy Greek citizens. Made from hammered silver, the exterior of this wine cup is decorated with fluted columns, a guilloche band around the shoulder, and an incised floral motif on the underside. The interior tondo features an applique of Dionysos made from repoussé in deep relief. For a similar cup in design and shape, see the Metropolitan Museum of Art (Inv. no. 1972.118.159).

Height 2.5 inches (6.4 cm).
The central interior medallion likely reattached and possible not original. A few small sections of the rim with minor lengths of restoration. Surface waer and tarnishing. Losses to the gilding - some remnants along the guilloche and the petals on the base.

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Jacob Coley

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Mr. Coley joined the Antiquities department in 2021 after working as Managing Director in the Ancient Art department at Colnaghi, the world’s oldest commercial art gallery, where he helped to establish the Ancient Art department and launched Colnaghi New York in 2017. Prior to Colnaghi, Mr. Coley was in the Greek and Roman Art department at the Metropolitan Museum of Art. Mr. Coley holds a B.A. from the University of Miami and an M.A. in Art Market from the Fashion Institute of Technology, and he earned an art-appraisal certificate from New York University.

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Antiquities and Ancient Art: A Study

A Hellenistic Gilt-Silver Calyx Cup

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