Sassanian silver plate

Sassanian Period
Pergamon Museum, Berlin Germany
Source: Flickr [1]

It is often possible to identify Sassanid rulers by their distinctive personal crowns, as the representations are accompanied by their names on certain sculptures and coins.

Amlash Neckless

Amlash Culture, Northern Iran

9th - 10th century BC

Source: The State Hermitage Museum, Russia [1] [2]

Sassanid Vase with Dancing Female Figures

Silver gilt vase with dancing female figures
Sassanid period Iran
circa 6th century AD
kept in Miho Museum, Japan [1]

An Elamite copper zebu

AN ELAMITE COPPER ZEBU 

CIRCA LATE 3RD MILLENNIUM B.C.

 
Standing, the head with projecting ears and short, tapering, curving horns, almond-shaped eyes with concentric rings, prominent neck hump and dewlap, and long, straight tail reaching down to its hooves
5¾ in. (14.6 cm.) long 

source: Christie's Acution [1]

A group of Luristan Arms

A group of Luristan Arms
Iran, 1st Millennium BC

comprising an iron sword with tapering blade and ribbed hilt with tear-shaped pommel; a bronze sword with tapering blade and raised mid-rib, the hilt with winged pommel; two bronze dagger blades; a bronze dagger with tapering blade and short hilt; a bronze dagger, the ribbed grip with crescentic pommel; this lot also includes A Luristan bronze Belt, with split-palmette terminals, repoussé decoration consisting of dot, circular and geometric motifs
sword 91 cm. long max.; dagger 57.3 cm. long max.; belt 22.3 cm. diam. max.

source: Bonhams Auction, England [1]

A Luristan helmet

A Luristan bronze helmet
Iran, 9th - 7th Century BC

of domed from surmounted by a pointed knop finial, with front decorative attachment consisting of opposing zoomorphic heads surmounted by a crescent finial, the back with a repousse hook and dot motif, and an incised band of dotted triangles along the border
22.2 cm diam. 19.8 cm high
Source: Bonhams Auction, England [1]

Head of Sassanian King

4th century; Sasanian period
Iran
Gilded silver

The Sassanian dynasty of Iran ruled an area from the Euphrates River to Bactria from the third century A.D. until the Islamic conquest in the seventh century, controlling for much of that time the Silk Road from Byzantium to China. Dating from the fourth century, this royal head, hammered from a single sheet of silver, with chased and repoussé details, has parallels in imperial portraits made in the Roman West. The king wears simple ovoid earrings and a beaded necklace of Sassanian fashion. His powerful stare and characteristic arched nose seem to suggest that the artist was attempting to convey a sense of majesty rather than an individual likeness. The identity of the subject of such representations, in relief or in the round, can often be determined by comparison of facial features and details of the crown with those of kings portrayed on Sassanian coins of the period. In this case, however, the crescent that decorates the crenellated crown and the striated orb that rises above it have no exact parallel. It does appear, however, on crowns worn by Kushano-Sassanian rulers. No crescent is seen on the official crowns of Shapur II, but a rock relief at Taq-i Bustan depicts Shapur III (r. 383–88) in a similar fashion. Kept in Metropolitan Museum of New York [1].

A SASSANIAN PARCEL-GILT SILVER INSCRIBED BOWL

CIRCA 4TH-5TH CENTURY A.D.

The interior of the vessel decorated with a band of scrolling wave pattern below the thick rim, the centre with a large circle filled with smaller interlocking circles, probably drawn with a compass, giving the effect of flowers with six petals, the in-fill pattern consisting of fine dotted lines, an inscription derived from Aramaic incised around the top exterior edge of the vessel, perhaps giving the name of the owner and the weight of silver as 103 drachms
8 in. (20 cm.) diam.

A POST-SASSANIAN PARCEL GILT SILVER DISH

UMAYYAD IRAN, CIRCA 8TH CENTURY

Of shallow rounded form on short central foot, the rim slightly thickened, the interior worked in shallow relief with a central roundel depicting a silver standing warrior warding off a lion with his left hand and about to stab the lion with the right, on plain gilt ground, the border with a band of stylised lotus capitals on a gilt ground radiating from a moulded lappet band, the underside with encrustation, one area of slight repair to rim 7 7/8in. (20.1cm.) diam. 

Helmet with divine figures beneath a bird with outstretched wings

Middle Elamite Period
Circa 1500 - 1100 BC
Made of Bronze, gold foil over bitumen
Southwestern Iran
Metropolitan Museum of New York [1] 
Source: Flickr [1]

Sassanian Sliver Plate in Tabriz

Sliver plate with gold
with two warriors (left one is a King)
Sassanian Period
Azerbaijan Museum [1], Tabriz, Iran

Sassanian Helmet in Germany

Sassanian helmet
Late 6th centuray AD
kept in Romisch-Germanisches Zentralmuseum [1], Mainz, Germany
source [2]

Metallic Axes and Spoons

Metallic tools such as Axes, cooking utensils ...
Jiroft Civilization
Kept in Jiroft Archaeological Museum, City of Jiroft, Iran 

Plate with the Bust of a King

Sassanid Period
6th century AD
Iran.
Kept in Miho Museum, Japan
Source: [1]