Hellenistic Flared Silver Cup. Late 2nd-early 1st century B.C. A flared silver cup raised from a single sheet of silver, conical in shape with rounded bottom. Cf. Pfrommer, M., Metalwork from the Hellenized East, catalogue of the collections, Malibu, 1993, p.150, no.23. 265 grams, 14 cm wide (5 1/2 in.) Acquired between 1980-1990. Property of a London gentleman. These kinds of conical cups were a widespread type from the second and first centuries B.C. They were used in the entire Hellenised world from Pakistan to Spain. The first appearance of these conical vessels without a foot and with a flaring side cannot be determined with certainty but they may have been of Ptolemaic Egyptian origin.

Fine condition, small crack to base.