Lot Essay
For a gilt silver cylindrical bowl with similar inscriptional band see no. 306, p. 206 in Simpson, Queen of Sheba, Treasures from Ancient Yemen.
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CIRCA 2ND-3RD CENTURY A.D.
Details
A SOUTH ARABIAN PARCEL GILT SILVER BOWL
CIRCA 2ND-3RD CENTURY A.D.
The shallow dish of hammered silver, chased on the exterior with a radiating net-pattern along the body, the tondo gilt and engraved on the exterior with a bird of prey alighting, its wings outspread, the feathering indicated throughout, the head in profile with a long hooked beak, encircled by punched dots and rosettes, a gilt band below the rim on the exterior engraved with decorative elements and an inscription, with an original text in Sabean later mutilated and reinscribed for a new owner, reading, "Hari-yada'at and Halkum and their children, of [the family] Hasbach; and Dhakhar-il and Namamat"
6 3/16 in. (15.7 cm.) diameter; 1¾ in. (4.4 cm.) high
CIRCA 2ND-3RD CENTURY A.D.
The shallow dish of hammered silver, chased on the exterior with a radiating net-pattern along the body, the tondo gilt and engraved on the exterior with a bird of prey alighting, its wings outspread, the feathering indicated throughout, the head in profile with a long hooked beak, encircled by punched dots and rosettes, a gilt band below the rim on the exterior engraved with decorative elements and an inscription, with an original text in Sabean later mutilated and reinscribed for a new owner, reading, "Hari-yada'at and Halkum and their children, of [the family] Hasbach; and Dhakhar-il and Namamat"
6 3/16 in. (15.7 cm.) diameter; 1¾ in. (4.4 cm.) high
Provenance
Private Collection, formed in the 1950s-1960s.