AN ELAMITE SILVER BEAKER
AN ELAMITE SILVER BEAKER

CIRCA 2500-1500 B.C.

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AN ELAMITE SILVER BEAKER
CIRCA 2500-1500 B.C.
Hammered from a single sheet with repoussé and chased details, conical in form with concave body and everted rim, decorated with a frieze of three stags striding to the right, double row of ovule under the rim and around the lower body, an eight-petalled rosette on the underside of the base
5 in. (12.7 cm.) high
Provenance
Private collection, UK, acquired 1940s-1950s.

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Lot Essay

Cf. H. Mahboubian, Elam, Art and Civilization of Ancient Iran 3000-2000 B.C., Salisbury, 2004, nos 1-5, for similar.

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