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Gold Goblet 7th century, Bulgar-Turkic. Height - 10.3 cm. From "The Pereschepin Horde" - Poltava, Ukraine. There were eleven of these in the horde. Hammered bowl with complex, welded foot. Bowl is decorated in relief hammered from the face inward. The ball in the middle of the foot is hollow and contains a bell. The bell would ring as the goblet was lifted. It is believed that this was not just to entertain but to drive away evil spirits. Currently at the State Hermitage Museum in Leningrad/St. Petersburg. Description from the Russian version of the Hermitage page.