Two boat or kidney shaped Sassanian bowls, the smaller being undecorated while the larger has a cross shaped motif mercury gilded on the underside. The Sassanians very much preferred this shape for their vessels and they are not found in other cultures. They usually have no bases so they have to be very finely crafted in order to stand alone upright.
26.5 by 8.5 cm., 27.8 by 14 cm.
Silver. Sassanian 4/5th.c.AD.
PROVENANCE
Private collection, Germany