LOT 0187 GREEK/ACHAEMENID BRONZE RIBBED PHIALE
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Ca. 500-330 BC. Central Asian/ Mediterranean. A beautiful hammered bronze phiale (libation dish). The exterior surface is decorated with eleven egg-shaped lobes radiating from a central concave circle; below the rim, there is a frieze decorated with braids, and triangular linear decorated between the egg-shaped lobes. Beautiful patina. Excellent condition. Phialai were wide shallow cups and some of them displayed a boss in the centre (omphalos). In place of the usual omphalos at the center of the base, this phiale has a central spike. Phialai were used by several Central Asian and Mediterranean ancient cultures for pouring libations to the gods and for drinking on more ordinary occasions as attested by several literary sources. Pindar, for instance, says: “ἐγκιρνάτω τίς νιν (...) ἀργυρέαισι δὲ νωμάτω φιάλαισι βιατὰν ἀμπέλου παῖδ ̓’, “Let someone mix the wine now (...) and distribute in the silver phialai the strong child of the vine.”(Pind. N. 9.51f). Size: L:50mm / W:135mm ; 265g. Provenance: Property of a London gentleman, formerly acquired in Europe in the 1990s.
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