Lot 15
A rare Achaemenid silver Bowl Persia, 7th-5th Century B.C.
10 April 2008, 10:00 BST
London, New Bond Street£10,000 - £15,000
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Persia, 7th-5th Century B.C.
Persia, 7th-5th Century B.C.
the double-skinned bowl with curved sides decorated on the interior with four incised figures of ibexes, their heads turned back, with a thick backwards-arching horn, and details of the fur around the jawline and under the belly, with a short curled tufty tail, the central omphalos surrounded by incised concentric rings, set on a raised ring base, some old restoration
17.7 cm diam.
17.7 cm diam.
Footnotes
Exhibited:
L’Art Iranien dans les Collections Belges, Musée du Cinquantenaire, Brussels, 10th November until 19th December 1971.
Exposition de L’Art ancien de L’Iran et son Rayonnement a Braine L’Alleud, Maison Communale, Braine L’Alleud, 31st August to 16th September 1973.