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One of a group of three fragmentary silver bowls
Greek
Hellenistic Period
2nd century B.C.
Object Place: Iran
Medium/Technique
Silver
Credit Line
Gift of Mr. Malekzadeh-Mokri
Accession Number1983.145
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAncient Greece and Rome
ClassificationsVessels
DescriptionSubstantial parts of two bowls and small elements of a few others (number indeterminate.) Concentric bands of incised and gilded ornament. In the central roundel of the best-preserved piece is a dolphin entwined around an anchor. The workshop was probably a coastal site in the East Mediterranean, perhaps near Antioch.
From Iran.
From Iran.
ProvenanceBy 1978, M. Malekzadeh-Mokri, Iran and Providence, RI; 1983, gift of M. Malekzadeh-Mokri to the MFA. (Accession Date: February 9, 1983)