Ca. 224-651 AD. A museum-quality silver boat-shaped bowl with an elliptical plan, sloping sides, and rounded bottom. The Sasanian empire which ruled from Afghanistan to Iraq during the third to seventh centuries AD is famed for the high quality of its ceremonial metalware, which was used both during banqueting and during religious rituals. For a similar, but with a repoussé decoration see The British Museum, Museum number 135700.Size: L:60mm / W:200mm ; 240gProvenance: Property of a West London gentleman; previously in a collection formed on the UK/International art market in the 1990s.