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Silver Phiale with Repousse Decoration

Silver Phiale with Repousse Decoration

A medium-sized, perfectly circular phiale, with a low wall. The body is hollow with a very flared rim; it was hammered from a single, thin sheet of silver. The decoration was entirely carried out in repoussé work, chased from inside and/or outside: it is composed of a central medallion (the omphalos) surrounded by a stem of half-moons alternately surmounted by five lotus flowers and five ovolo patterns.

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Large Chalice with Geometrical Decoration

Large Chalice with Geometrical Decoration

This vessel, the size of which makes it one of the largest examples currently known, attracts the eye of the modern viewer with its formal and decorative simplicity. It belongs to a group of well-attested ceramics in the so-called Chalcolithic period (the period that precedes the widespread use of metals, particularly copper and, later, bronze), on the sites of modern-day northern Iran.

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Phrygian Bronze Cup

Phrygian Bronze Cup

This bronze cast vessel was polished, while the handles and decorations were hammered and/or decorated in repoussé.

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Islamic Bowl with Abstract Decoration

Islamic Bowl with Abstract Decoration

A light beige-gray ceramic bowl, covered with a white slip; the decoration is painted in black under a beautiful turquoise glaze, thicker on the bottom where it partially dripped. This manufacturing technique, known as metal luster technique, is among the most important contributions of Islamic craftsmen to the development of ceramics.

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Large Ceramic Bowl

Large Ceramic Bowl

This Western Asian Large Ceramic Bowl with painted animals is made of beige ceramic covered with a red slip; the shape is simple, trunconical and without handles; the flat circular base provides the bowl a good balance.

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Near Eastern Bowl with the Figurine of a Bull

Near Eastern Bowl with the Figurine of a Bull

The bowl is perfectly turned. The ceramic is beige, but the surface is entirely covered with colored paint. The element that makes this piece a very special, perhaps unique object, is certainly the statuette of the quadruped.

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Roman Ribbed Glass Bowl without Handles

Roman Ribbed Glass Bowl without Handles

This thick-walled bowl is outstanding both for its excellent state of preservation and for its perfect shape. It was molded and pressed in light green glass, while the finish was obtained by polishing and by grinding.

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Large Bowl (Tell Minis Type)

Large Bowl (Tell Minis Type)

To the eyes of the modern viewer, this large glazed ceramic bowl is outstanding for its aesthetic qualities resulting from the formal simplicity and the turquoise color.

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Near Eastern Spouted Bowl

Near Eastern Spouted Bowl

This hemispherical vessel is provided, near the lip, with a horizontal, perfectly cylindrical spout. It is simply decorated with a frieze of zigzag pattern in relief. Despite its reduced size, this vessel is outstanding for its technical precision: all the details of the shape and decoration were carefully executed.

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Conical Bowl

Near Eastern Conical Bowl

In the Near Eastern world, stone vases were considered luxury goods and belonged to high-ranking individuals or to the treasures of sanctuaries: they were used to store valuable materials (ointments, liquids for female toiletry for instance; but also wheat, oils, etc., given the size of the vessel), as ritual vessels for religious cults, as grave goods.

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Sumerian Circular Stone Bowl

Near Eastern-Sumerian Circular Stone Bowl

A conical bowl, with a perfectly flat circular bottom that provides a good balance to the vessel. Flat and angular lip. The mottled stone, covered with small darker inclusions, gives the surface a unique and original decoration. The vessel has an accurate, perfectly regular shape; it would have been shaped using a potter’s wheel, and hollowed out by drilling.

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Near Eastern Conical Stone Bowl

Near Eastern Conical Stone Bowl

Carved from a block of pink limestone, this large bowl with a rounded profile has a slightly asymmetrical shape and an irregular edge, nevertheless highlighted by a band with a thicker relief.

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