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Lobed bowl with lotus petals, birds, animals, and floral scrolls
Bowl (silver). Surface: oxidized; a patch of green aerugo. Decoration: a band of foliate design in low relief. Surfaces covered by a delicate ornament executed in fire-gilt; a medallion in fire-gilt ornament under the foot.
- Date
- late 7th-early 8th century
- Type
- Vessel
- Medium
- Hammered silver with repoussé, chased, and ring-punched decoration and mercury gilding
- Department
- NMAA
- Institution
- National Museum of Asian Art
- Object number
- fsg_F1931.8
- Credit
- Purchase — Charles Lang Freer Endowment
