Achaemenid Bronze Mesomphalic Phiale (Bowl) decorated with Lotus flower design - 18.5 cm (No Reserve Price)

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- The bowl hammered from a sheet-bronze repoussé work chased into the surface with an embossed circle at the centre. Stylised lotus flower design to the body composed of a series of interlinked elliptical loops; this a type of phiale known as a ‘mesomphalic phiale’ which is more easy to be held in one hand.

- See last picture as a parallel: https: //www. orientalartauctions. com/object/art999465-an-achaemenid-bronze-decorated-phiale-circa-6th-4th-century-b-c

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Provenance/Known History:

Ex. Private UK collection. Collected before 1970. After that A. A. Gallery, UK.

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