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Ancient Persian Bowl

What we have here is a Metal Persian Cooking Bowl in very fine collectable condition. Its  unusual shape and design stands out as early Persian Cooking vessel. rare and highly collectable
$ 5,500     Buy Now

The Achaemenid Empire was founded in the 6th century BC by Cyrus the Great, who to this day is venerated as one of the greatest figures in Persian history.Its rulers presided over the largest empire in the history of the world at the time, stretching from Egypt and Greece as far as modern-day India.Emperors such as Xerxes and Darius fought a series of wars with the Greeks, immortalised in the works of Herodotus, known as the 'Father of History'.One of the best-known moments in Achaemenid history is the Battle of Thermopylae in 480 BC, when 300 Spartans almost managed to defeat up to 150,000 Persians, as depicted in the film 300.The dynasty came to an end in 334 BC, when Alexander the Great invaded from Macedonia and imposed Greek rule over Persia. The extraordinary antique has survived upheavals including the wars of Alexander the Great, the arrival of Islam and a string of colonial conflicts.

Amazingly, it has remained intact and apparently in near-mint condition ever since it was made in the 4th or 5th century BC. 'Metal Cooking Bowls like this were made by expert craftsmen and were not mass produced. 'They are incredibly rare and hardly ever come on the market. The fact that this one is still intact after 2,500 years is amazing.  The metal cooking bowl dates back to the time of the Achaemenid Empire, the first dynasty to rule over all of modern-day Iran. It was made shortly before Macedonian king Alexander the Great invaded in 334 BC. The exact history of the bowl before it came to the Ireland is unknown, but it would have been a highly prized object owned by a wealthy Persian family.