ACHAEMENID SILVER REPOUSSÉ LOTIFORM PHIALE
Ca. 500 - 400 BC.
An Achaemenid silver lotiform phiale. The exterior is decorated with repoussé lotus leaves and buds, a raised central omphalos on the interior; and a bronze lotiform phiale. The interior has a central additional silver omphalos and chased rosette; For similar see: Christie's, Live Auction 5952, Antiquities, Lot. 69.
Size: 50mm x 165mm; Weight: 530g
Provenance: Property of a West London gentleman; previously in a collection formed on the UK/International art market in the 1990s.
