An Elamite bronze bowl with animal frieze, 2nd millennium B.C.Heavy hemispherical bronze bowl on a narrow base ring decorated with a circumferential herringbone pattern. The exterior depicting two animal scenes with ibexes and big cats. The animals cast in relief. 2 cm wide ancient chip on the rim. Otherwise intact. Height 8.5 cm. Diameter 12 cm. Weight 1,070 g.Provenance: From a private collection in Rhineland-Palatinate, inherited from the grandfather.Condition: II -