A Rare silver-gilt polylobed bowl, Balkans, Possibly Stobi, Second half of 14th Century

of oval shallow form, with sixteen lobed arches on the rim, silver-gilt and decorated with chased and punched designs featuring a bird in the centre with scrolling vines and two mythological figures to each end 

In fair condition, a light crack to one end, some oxidization and wear consistent with age, as viewed.
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A similar bowl is in the National Museum, Belgrade, inv. no. 343. Illustrated in Gajić 2011,  p.88, no.5.