Gold phiale libation bowl Late Classical or Hellenistic 4th–3rd century B.C. Greek Gold 23.5 cm Greece

Gold phiale libation bowl Late Classical or Hellenistic  4th–3rd century B.C.  Greek  Gold 23.5 cm Greece Stock Photo
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Peter Horree / Alamy Stock Photo

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CYG2G5

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2956 x 3189 px | 25 x 27 cm | 9.9 x 10.6 inches | 300dpi

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5 June 2012

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This libation bowl, decorated with bees, acorns, and beechnuts, is worked in repoussé. Phialai decorated with acorns were being made by the late sixth century B.C. and must have been traditional. Acorns could also be seen on the phialai held by the caryatids of the Erechtheum on the Akropolis in Athens, as we learn from Roman copies found in Hadrian's villa at Tivoli.