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A Sasanian gilt silver lobed elliptical bowl image 1
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Lot 133

A Sasanian gilt silver lobed elliptical bowl

1 December 2020, 11:00 GMT
London, New Bond Street

£15,000 - £20,000

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A Sasanian gilt silver lobed elliptical bowl
Circa 6th-7th Century A.D.
On a raised oval ring foot, the long scalloped dish comprised of five lobes, including three elongated sections and two smaller bosses, with a flat rim, remains of gilding on the smaller internal elongated sections and the exterior of the foot, 32.7cm long, weight 701g.

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Provenance: Oliver Hoare (1945-2018) collection, UK, acquired prior to 1990.

For similar, see nos. 30-31 in A. Gunter and P. Jett, Ancient Iranian Metalwork in the Arthur M. Sackler Gallery and the Freer Gallery of Art, Smithsonian Institution, 1992. For an example of this form of bowl in solid gold, see Hofkunst van de Sassanieden, Brussels, 1993, p. 232, no. 83.

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