Bowl Depicting a Lion Hunt
4th-5th century, Northern India
State Hermitage Museum, St Petersburg


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Title: Bowl Depicting a Lion Hunt
Place of creation: Northern India
Date: 4th - 5th century (?)
Material: silver
Technique: cast
Dimensions: height 4.6 cm, diameter 14 cm
Acquisition date: Entered the Hermitage in 1922; formerly in the G.S. Stroganov collection
Inventory Number: S-8
Source: State Hermitage Museum, St Petersburg



See also Silver Gilt Bowl with Hunting Scenes (Swat Bowl); Hephthalite, Huna or Kidarite cavalry; North-west India, 5th-6th century
Other Sasanian and Central Asian Plates