A Greek Silver Dish

Circa Fourth Century B.C.

Diameter: 19cm  [ 7 ½ in. ]

Decorated with fifty-three pointed petal motifs radiating from the centre, a cruciform motif on the outer rim, the centre with raised omphallos

Provenance

Erwin Oppenlander (1901-88) – acquired in 1962

On Loan

Antikenmuseum, Basel, 1966-1979

For a related example see D.von Bothmer, Ancient Art from New York Private Collections, exhibition catalogue, New York, 1961, p. 68, no. 268, pls. 100-101