Our client’s fine antique silverplate patera (bowl for libations) depicting Attis in high relief with crescent moon in background, after the original unearthed in Hildesheim, Germany, in 1868.  7.75 in, 19.7 cm across.  Underside inscribed "Nachbildung des Hildesheimer Silberfundes Th. Blume Goldschmied Hildesheim".  Maker unknown.

In Greek mythology, Attis was the consort of the Phrygian goddess, Cybele, known as the Great Mother of Gods.  He was revered as a deity of the sun under the Romans.  Scholars often referred to this piece as depicting Deus Lunas, or God of the Moon.

Item HA-3835.  Items sold as-is. All sales final.

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