Achaemenid period (6th]4th century B.C.)
Gilded silver
H. 4.6 cm, Dia. 18.6 cm
The vessel has 12 almond-shaped protrusions that are hammered outward from the interior surface. The center of the interior is fitted with a 28 petal rosette, and there is a gilded silver hemisphere attached to the middle of the rosette. The middle of the exterior base of the work is decorated with a 24 petal rosette, and there is a small hemispherical protrusion in the center of that rosette.
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