Lot 281
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A FINE POST SASSANIAN SILVER DISH of shallow hemispherical form, the centre with a raised roundel containing a repoussé gold stylised pheasant with long tail-feathers, alert head and crest, circa 8th century (very minor repairs)

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A FINE POST SASSANIAN SILVER DISH of shallow hemispherical form, the centre with a raised roundel containing a repoussé gold stylised pheasant with long tail-feathers, alert head and crest, circa 8th century (very minor repairs)
6in. (15.2cm.) diam.

Lot Essay

A closely related but smaller post-Sassanian shallow rounded dish with the central figure of a repoussé gilt bird is in the Louvre Museum, Paris, published in L'Islam dans les collections nationales, Paris 1977, no.44, pp.62-62.

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