Lot Essay
For an elliptical bowl with similar wavy bands in the Arthur M. Sackler Gallery see no. 27 in Gunter and Jett, Ancient Iranian Metalwork.
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CIRCA 6TH-7TH CENTURY A.D.
Details
A SASSANIAN PARCEL GILT SILVER ELLIPTICAL BOWL
CIRCA 6TH-7TH CENTURY A.D.
The interior decorated in repoussé, a bird in profile to the left in the center, the details incised, the up-raised tail with hooked feathers, the surrounding decoration including gilt heart-shapes, four wavy bands (three gilt) on each long end, and four repoussé crosses (three gilt), with a band of gilt interlocking crescents below the rim
8 3/16 in. (20.5 cm.) long
CIRCA 6TH-7TH CENTURY A.D.
The interior decorated in repoussé, a bird in profile to the left in the center, the details incised, the up-raised tail with hooked feathers, the surrounding decoration including gilt heart-shapes, four wavy bands (three gilt) on each long end, and four repoussé crosses (three gilt), with a band of gilt interlocking crescents below the rim
8 3/16 in. (20.5 cm.) long
Provenance
Anonymous sale; Christie's, New York, 9 December 1999, lot 541.