Vessel metal / bowl

Description

Bowl of silver decorated with lines of dots and gilded male bearded faces, Pictish, from St Ninian's Isle, 8th century

Museum reference

X.FC 273

Collection

Archaeology

Object name

Vessel metal / bowl

Date

8th century

Style / Culture

Pictish

Materials

Silver, Gold, Gilt, Bronze, Enamel

Physical description

Silver; basal depression; lines of dots form pendant triangles on upper zone, interlace on middle and a key pattern on the lower zone; inside base an applied triangular escutcheon, gilded human faces at corners, cast openwork interlace in three panels in interior

Collection place(s)

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

Exhibitions

• Celts (10 Mar 2016 - 25 Sep 2016)
  National Museum of Scotland

• Celts: Art and Identity (24 Sep 2015 - 31 Jan 2016)
  British Museum

• Credo - The Christianisation of Europe (26 Jul 2013 - 03 Nov 2013)
  Erzbischöfliches Diözesanmuseum

• Rome and the Barbarians (26 Jan 2008 - 20 Jul 2008)
  Palazzo Grassi

• 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 »
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scotland galleries »
early people »
gods of the frontier »
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