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Property of a Distinguished American Private Collector (Lots 9-50)
Lot 33*

A small Greek silver vessel in the form of a pine cone

23 June – 7 July 2025, 12:00 BST
Online, London, New Bond Street

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A small Greek silver vessel in the form of a pine cone

Circa 2nd Century B.C.-1st Century A.D.
Of naturalistic form, with trefoil lip, the arched handle with rosettes flanking a recumbent panther where it meets the vessel rim 6.9cm high

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Provenance:
Private collection, Munich.
Anonymous sale; Gorny & Mosch, Munich, 18 December 2009, lot 379.
with Ariadne Galleries, New York and London, acquired from the above sale.
Private American collection, acquired from the above, 2 February 2017.

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