Vessel metal / bowl

Description

Bowl of silver, decorated with four pairs of grotesque animals, interlocking, Pictish, from St Ninian's Isle, 8th century

Museum reference

X.FC 270

Collection

Archaeology

Object name

Vessel metal / bowl

Date

8th century

Style / Culture

Pictish

Materials

Silver

Physical description

Silver; with deep basal depression; decorated with 4 pairs of grotesque animals facing each other, bodies interlocked; background finely dotted; 3 branches ending in dots alternately inverted and linked by chevron line; marigold pattern on base

Collection place(s)

St Ninian's Isle, Shetland, Scotland, Northern Europe

Exhibitions

• Scotland's Early Silver (13 Oct 2017 - 25 Feb 2018)
  National Museum of Scotland

• The St Ninian's Isle Treasure (04 Jul 2008 - 13 Oct 2008)
  Shetland Museum and Archives

• 26 Treasures in the National Museum of Scotland (01 Dec 2011 - 29 Jan 2012)
  World Wide Web

Links to other web pages

Canmore Site Record

On display

national museum of scotland »
level -1 »
scotland galleries »
early people »
gods of the frontier »
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