500 to 600

Dancer, probably the godess Anahita

Sculpture, relief, plate, 550 approx.

 

 Four nude dancing female figures

Relief on silver gilt vase dated 550 approx. 18.1 height; 6 cm diameter. Such images are often compared to representations of the maenads of Dionysos found in the art of the Hellenistic and Roman worlds. Sasanian period.

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