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Bowl with Scale Medallion and Tendril Frieze

Date

100–1 B.C.

Medium

Silver with gilding

Culture

Near Eastern (Parthian)

Department

Vessels

Institution

Getty Museum

Bowl raised from a single sheet of silver, parcel-gilt. On the inside a gilt scale medallion with a rosette in the center. The rows of the fish scale pattern are staggered. The medallion is framed first by a narrow silver strip and then by a gilt 'Achaemenid stepped battlement frieze'. Above the frieze there is a floral scroll framed by a gilt wave meander. Beneath the lip of the vessel there is a gilt 'Achaemenid stepped battlement frieze'. The ornamental friezes are set off by turned grooves. Undecorated exterior.

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