CIRCA 7TH CENTURY B.C.

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A ZIWIYE GOLD ROUNDEL
CIRCA 7TH CENTURY B.C.
With two addorsed rampant lions, their hindquarters touching, necks joined by a single head with jaws gaping, teeth bared and tongue protuding, mane and whiskers delineated, their feet resting on incised circular border
2 1/8 in. (5.5 cm.) diam.

Provenance

The Thétis Collection, Geneva, Switzerland; acquired prior to 1970.

Special notice

VAT rate of 5% is payable on hammer price and at 20% on the buyer's premium.

Sale room notice

Please note that this roundel is not from Ziwiye, but is Achaemenid, and the date should read: circa late 5th-4th Century B.C. (cf. E. Rehm, Der Schmuck der Achämeniden, Münster, 1992, p.181, 414, fig. 148.

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Lot Essay

For a very similar gold roundel from Ziwiye, cf., K. R. Maxwell-Hyslop, Western Asiatic Jewellery, c. 3000-612 B.C., London, 1971, p. 210, pl. 173b. The motif of the lion head with two bodies can also be found on a gold plaque from Ziwiye, cf., Metropolitan Museum of Art Bulletin, March 1955, p. 216.

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