Here is the religious legitimation of Sassanid monarchy, for the duty of a Zoroastrian was to fight evil so that the Redeemer might come into this world and save the just. Lady with a bouquet. Probably a Roman craftsmen contracted to do a Sassanid subject. The endemic hostility between the Late Roman Empire and Sassanid Persia did not stand in the way of a significant cultural exchange between them. Silver relief 1.
Circular composition is cut by a vertical axis.
Gilt hides the joints. Silver niello contributes to a painterly effect characteristic of 4-5th century Sassanid art. This became a model representation of kingship for Byzantine art and from there, in Carolingian art. It reflects sub-Byzantine influence on court culture at time of Khusrau. Silver gilt dish with a senmerv.