Shallow Vessel

Description Among the most splendid of Achaemenid arts are hammered-silver or gold vessels. This type of bowl, known by the Greek word "phiale," meaning shallow vessel, was used for ritual liquid offerings. The depressions take the form of lotus buds, an Egyptian motif that became popular among the Persians.

Conservation

Date	Description	Narrative
9/01/1949	Treatment	cleaned
4/08/1960	Treatment	cleaned; coated
1/16/1985	Treatment	cleaned
10/19/2010	Treatment	cleaned; coated

Exhibitions

• In Search of Ancient Treasure: 40 Years of Collecting. The Walters Art Gallery, Baltimore. 1978.

Provenance Arthur Upham Pope Collection, [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; Joseph Brummer, New York and Paris, 1939, by purchase [Brummer inv. no. N4491]; Joseph Brummer, Sale, Parke Bernet Galleries, New York, May 11, 1949, no. 128; Walters Art Musueum, Baltimore, 1949, by purchase.

Credit Museum purchase, 1949