Flanged silver bowl
Diameter: 30.000 cm
Weight: 1718.000 g
Treasure Trove
P&EE 1946 10-7 5
Prehistory and Europe
Flanged silver bowl from the Mildenhall treasure
Roman Britain, 4th century AD
Found near Mildenhall, Suffolk
Bowls of this shape were popular in late-Roman table services. The decoration on the flat rims shows a variety of animals in hunting and pastoral scenes, themes which fall into the general category of Bacchic imagery. The inclusion of griffins, a mythical species, alongside real animals, is a common feature. The central medallion on this bowl shows a huntsman confronting a bear.
K.S. Painter, The Mildenhall Treasure-1 (London, 1977)
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