A Sasanian silver-gilt boat-shaped bowl
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A Sasanian silver-gilt boat-shaped bowl
Circa 6th-7th Century A.D.
Of elliptical form, double skinned, with an incised and gilded central tondo depicting a bird, possibly a crane, set within a herringbone border, the body of the bowl with repoussé decoration, 21cm long, 358g
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Provenance:
Anonymous sale; Piasa Auction, France, 28th September 2004, lot 498.
London art market, acquired from the above sale.
Private collection, UK, acquired from the above, 31st March 2017.
For another silver bowl with repoussé decoration and a crane in the tondo, see The Louvre, Paris, inv.no. SB 6728.
Circa 6th-7th Century A.D.
Of elliptical form, double skinned, with an incised and gilded central tondo depicting a bird, possibly a crane, set within a herringbone border, the body of the bowl with repoussé decoration, 21cm long, 358g
Footnotes:
Provenance:
Anonymous sale; Piasa Auction, France, 28th September 2004, lot 498.
London art market, acquired from the above sale.
Private collection, UK, acquired from the above, 31st March 2017.
For another silver bowl with repoussé decoration and a crane in the tondo, see The Louvre, Paris, inv.no. SB 6728.
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A Sasanian silver-gilt boat-shaped bowl
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