Description
Plat sassanide
Circular silver dish resting on an annular pedestal, engraved with a horse king (Peroz?) facing a lion with a spear. The scene takes place in the mountains. Under the foot, a piqueted letter, a sign of ownership. (Restoration, slight corrosion, several breaks, as is). Iran, mid 5th century A.D. D. 21 cm Provenance: French private collection, acquired at public auction, Hôtel Drouot, Me Boisgirard, December 12, 2014, no. 23. Bibliography: Hofkunst van de Sassanieden. Het Perzische rijk tussen Rome en China (224-642), Brussel, 1993, fig. 60. A Sassanian silver dish, Iran, mid 5th century AD
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