Dish depicting a Tigress Against a Tree

Iran, first half of the 7th century

Title:

Dish depicting a Tigress Against a Tree

Place of creation:

Iran

Date:

first half of the 7th century

Epoch. Period:

The Sassanid Empire (224-651)

Material:

silver

Technique:

chasing, gilding

Dimensions:

diameter: 22,8 cm

Place of finding:

Russia, as part of a hoard in Perm province, Solikamsk district, near the village of Klimovo, 1907

Acquisition date:

Entered the Hermitage in 1908; transferred from the Imperial Archaeological Commission

Inventory Number:

S-41

Category:

Applied Arts

Collection:

Oriental Art

Subcollection:

Iran