A PERSIAN SILVER DRINKING CUP

Lot 74
03.07.2024 15:30UTC +00:00
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£ 20 000
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ID 1248438
Lot 74 | A PERSIAN SILVER DRINKING CUP
Estimate value
£ 20 000 – 30 000
A PERSIAN SILVER DRINKING CUP
IRAN, CIRCA 8TH-6TH CENTURY B.C.
3 ¾ in. (9.5 cm.) diam.




Provenance

Ernest Erickson (1893-1983), New York, acquired prior to 1954.
Property of the Ernest Erickson Foundation; Sotheby's, New York, 28 November 1990, lot 136.
with Robin Symes, London and New York, 2000 (Bull Leapers to Picasso).



Literature

J. Coolidge (ed.), Ancient Art in American Private collections, Cambridge, Mass., 1954, p.24, pl. XXXI, no. 108.



Exhibited

Cambridge, Massachusetts, The Fogg Art Museum, Ancient Art in American Private Collections, 28 Dec 1954 - 15 Feb 1955.
Bull Leapers to Picasso, New York, 6-15 December 2000.
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