Bowl with Scale Medallion and Tendril Frieze (Top)

Bowl raised from a single sheet of silver, parcel-gilt. On the inside a gilt scale medallion with a rosette in the center. The rows of the fish scale pattern are staggered. The medallion is framed first by a narrow silver strip and then by a gilt 'Achaemenid stepped battlement frieze'. Above the frieze there is a floral scroll framed by a gilt wave meander. Beneath the lip of the vessel there is a gilt 'Achaemenid stepped battlement frieze'. The ornamental friezes are set off by turned grooves. Undecorated exterior.