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THBWestern Asiatic Sassanian Bowl with Simurgh
Lot 337
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TimeLine Auctions Limited
The Court House, 363 Main Road
Harwick, Essex CO12 4DN
United Kingdom
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Auction Venue: The May Fair Hotel London Stratton Street Mayfair London, W1J 8LT Viewing from noon Monday 25th February 2019 Champagne Reception: 6pm - 9pm Tuesday 26th February 2019 (Day 1) 10am : Lots 1 - 660 TimeLine Auctions Limited enquiries@timelineauctions.com
Auction Venue: The May Fair Hotel London Stratton Street Mayfair London, W1J 8LT Viewing from noon Monday 25th February 2019 Champagne Reception: 6pm - 9pm Tuesday 26th February 2019 (Day 1) 10am : Lots 1 - 660 TimeLine Auctions Limited enquiries@timelineauctions.com
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- Lot Description
6th-7th century AD. A sheet silver boat-shaped bowl, elliptical in plan with rounded underside, thickened rim; repoussé ornament including a band of heart-shaped motifs to the rim, two birds each with crescent above the head and tapering tail holding a bead necklace in the beak, a profile advancing lion with pointillé fur detailing, rows of S-shaped bars and rosettes, central wreath enclosing a simurgh motif. See Harper, P.O. & Meyers, P. Silver Vessels of the Sasanian Period, New York, 1981 for discussion; Muscarella, O.W. Bronze and Iron. Ancient Near Eastern Artifacts in the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, 1988, item 428 for type; also Godard, A. The Art of Iran, London, 1965, p.214-215, ill.120 and 121, for a bottle with repoussé decoration now in the National Museum, Tehran, depicting a similar mythical animal at the base. 286 grams, 28cm (11"). On the London art market since 2005; with Boisgirard and Associes, Arts d'Orient Archelolgie - Islam, Paris, 7-9 June 2006, lot 348; previously in a private collection, kept in Switzerland since the 1960s; accompanied by a copy of a metallography analysis and report by Dr Peter Northover, Begbroke Nano, Oxford University; and a copy of an expertise report. [A video of this item is available to view on TimeLine Auctions website.]Fine condition.
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