A FINE OTTOMAN REPOUSSÉ PARCEL-GILT SILVER WINE BOWL

A FINE OTTOMAN REPOUSSÉ PARCEL-GILT SILVER WINE BOWL

BALKANS, POSSIBLY BOSNIA, MID 16TH CENTURY

Of shallow rounded form rising from short foot, with raised boss at centre, the surfaces worked in repoussé with a central animal combat scene comprising three dogs attacking a deer in a floral landscape, the cavetto and exterior of the bowl with parading animals, including deer, birds and lions, contained with cusped arches supported on floral bouquets and surrounded by further floral vine, the exterior and interior formed of seperate sheets of silver joined by separate screw mechanism with rosette finial on the exterior, gilding worn

4¾in. (12cm.) diam.