Beaker

1100–1000 BCE
Overall: 14 x 9.3 cm (5 1/2 x 3 11/16 in.)
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The nomadic gold- and silversmiths of Marlik and Amlash were the first masters of precious metalwork in Iran. Their successors were the bronzeworkers of Luristan and the silversmiths of the Achaemenian and Sasanian Empires, whose masterpieces are shown elsewhere in this gallery.
Beaker

Beaker

1100–1000 BCE

Iran, Marlik

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