Kunst und Antiquitaeten - Antiken, Asiatika und Russische Kunst

| 77 von Kreis und Viereck, verziert. Auf Vorder- und Rückseite ein acht- strahliger Stern aus zwei ineinander verschränkten, auszipfelnden Vierecken, seitlich zwei ineinander verschränkte Spitzovale. Vereinzelte, kleine Druckstellen imBoden und auf der Vorderseite des Deckels. Sonst ausgezeichnet erhalten. Restaurierungsbericht vorhan- den. Höhe, Breite und Tiefe je ca. 8 cm. Provenienz: Süddeutsche Privatsammlung, Übernommen aus der Sammlung des Vaters, von diesem in den 80er Jahren im Kunsthandel erworben. A late-antique silver casket with Christogram, incised decoration and gilding, mid- to 2nd half of the 4th century A.D. Cube-shaped silver casket. Lid and lower part connected with two tubu- lar three-partite hinges. The rectangular hinge lobes fastened with two rivets each in the lid and lower part, the rivets on the outside with spher- ical heads. The lid 1.5 cm high and decorated on the sides with an incised ionic kymation. On the top Christogram with alpha and omega within a circle, this within a square. Square and circle gilded, bordered by incised lines and with a fluting along the centre line. The Christogram only gilded and bordered by incised lines. Leaves with tendrils incised in the spandrels between the circle and the square. On the front of the lid on the rim a profiled clasp riveted fitting around a rivet on the front of the casket. The sides of the casket, analogous to the lid, decorated with geometric patterns enclosed in circles and squares. On the front and back an eight-pointed star consisting of two interlocking, retracted quadrilaterals, on the sides two interlocking pointed ovals. A few small pressure marks in the bottom and on the front of the lid. Otherwise in excellent condition. Restoration report available. Height, width and depth each approx. 8 cm. P rovenance : South German private collection, taken over from the father’s collection, acquired by him in the art trade in the 1980s. 302381 II € 12.000 47