Pre-Achaemenid Silver Phiale Mesomphalos
5th-4th century B.C. or earlier. A large silver dish with carinated everted rim, repoussé central boss and piriform panels, fluted surround with lotus plant motif; some restoration. Cf. The Metropolitan Museum, New York, accession numbers 47.100.84 and 55.122.1, for broadly similar bowls. 904 grams, 29.5 cm wide (11 5/8 in.). From an important North London collection, formed 1980.UK private collection. [No Reserve]