Subasta Bidspirit | SASSANIAN SILVER BOWL

SASSANIAN SILVER BOWL - Ca. AD 224-651.A polished silver boat-shaped vessel with an elliptical plan, sloping sides and rounded bottom. Elliptical bowls in silver are a recognisable artefact type for the Sassanians which have no known antecedents in the Graeco-Roman world nor in Western Asia. They appear towards the end of the period, from the 6th century onwards. For more information, see Akbarzadeh, D. et al. (2001). Two Recently Discovered Inscribed Sasanian Silver Bowls. Bulletin of the Asia Institute, New Series, Vol. 15.Size: 205mm x 50mm; Weight: 175g Provenance: Property of a West London gentleman; previously in a collection formed on the UK/International art market in the 1990s.