Eros and Psyche on the Medallions of Silver Bowls from Sadovy Kurgan: New Data
Journal: Nizhnevolzhskiy Arheologicheskiy Vestnik
Year: 2019

The set of eight silver bowls excavated in Sadovy kurgan at the urban outskirts of Novocherkassk in 1962 includes a pair of bowls with medallions depicting scenes with Eros and Psyche. The detailed analysis of the element of the feathery pattern that covers the entire inner surface of the bowls reveals that it was applied by different craftsmen, though the bowls themselves were no doubt made in the same workshop. The central figures of the scenes on both medallions are tied to the columns decora