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Deep bowl
Near Eastern, Levantine, Phoenician
Neo-Assyrian Period
883–612 B.C.
Medium/Technique
Gilded silver
Dimensions
Height: 11.4 cm (4 1/2 in.)
Credit Line
Museum purchase with funds donated by Miss Mary Thacher in memory of her sister Miss Martha Thacher
Accession Number27.170
CollectionsAncient Greece and Rome
ClassificationsVessels
DescriptionDesign in two friezes. In the top register soldiers march among date palms accompanied by a mounted rider and two chariots. One chariot is Assyrian in style and carries a bearded man with a conical hat who appears to be Assyrian. The other chariot appears Egyptian and carries a clean-shaven man who also seems to be Egyptian, as do the troops themselves. Below, the "Egyptian" soldiers hunt a lion in a landscape of hills, trees, and plants. The bowl perfectly illustrates the mixture of styles that characterizes Phoenician art of the eastern Mediterranean region.
Provenance1927, purchased by the MFA. (Accession Date: March 3, 1927)