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LOT 0331
Western Asiatic Sassanian Gilt Silver Boat-Shaped Bowl with Birds
3RD-7TH CENTURY AD
9 1/2" (308 grams, 24cm).
A silver oval bowl with gilded band to the upper edge decorated with a running frieze of repousse birds either side of a plant; body sloping to the rounded base.
Provenance
Property of a North London lady; gifted from her father's collection; formerly with a Mayfair gallery, London, UK; previously acquired in the 1980s. Accompanied by X-Ray Fluorescence metal analysis certificate number 00958-2018WB.
Literature
See Carter, M. and Grabar, O. Sasanian Silver: Late Antique and Early Mediaeval Arts Of Luxury From Iran, Michigan, 1967, for discussion.
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LOT 0331
Western Asiatic Sassanian Gilt Silver Boat-Shaped Bowl with Birds
Sold for (Inc. bp): £11,250
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