Antwerp Renaissance bowl with Roman coins. Silver.... Lot 38

Antwerp Renaissance bowl with Roman coins. Silver. Oblong bowl with smooth, raised rim on indented stand ring. In the mirror, between radial fluting, an antique medal with the bust portrait of the Roman emperor Antoninus Pius (138 - 161 AD). The wall with chased acanthus motifs between 14 ancient Roman coins from the time around 100 BC to 160 AD in chronological order, beginning with a denarius with the portrait of Julius Caesar (100 BC - 44 AD). This is followed by denarii from the time of the emperors Augustus, Tiberius, Caligula, Claudius, Nero, Galba, Otto, Vitellius, Vespasian, Titus, Domitian, Trajan and finally Hadrian (117 - 138 AD). Marks: BZ Antwerp with year letter K for 1595 - 96 (cf. Stuyck no., 63), as yet unidentified MZ "Two-handled jug". H 5,5; W 10,8; L 23 cm, weight 316 g. Antwerp, 1595/96. Coins from the period of the Roman Empire were by their very nature exceptionally rare in the 16th century and particularly sought after by collectors. The only comparable work from the south of the Netherlands is a tazza with Liège marks from around 1564, which is in the collection of the Musée Curtius in Liège (Inv. No. 62/452). Expert opinion Analysis by the Swiss Federal Laboratories for Materials Testing and Research Duebendorf, dated 13 Jan. 2013. Literature On the master's mark and year letters, cf. cat. Edelsmedkunst in Belgie, Profaan Zilver XVIde - XVIIde - XVIIIde Eeuw, Tielt 1988, no. 48. For the comparative piece in the Musée Curtius, cf. cat. L'Orfèvrerie Civile Ancienne du Pays de Liège, Liège 1991, p. 74.