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EARLY DYNASTIC PERIOD, CIRCA 3000-2686 B.C.
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AN EGYPTIAN GOLD LION AMULET
EARLY DYNASTIC PERIOD, CIRCA 3000-2686 B.C.
Depicted recumbent on an integral base, his hind legs curled under his haunches, his short tail curling over the right hind leg, his forepaws extended, with the mane, eyes, muzzle and smiling mouth articulated, the underside of the base with an incised pattern; together with a Near Eastern rectangular gold plaque, hammered from a sheet, with a quadruped depicted in profile to the right, with two perforations at its upper corners for attachment
Lion: 9/16 in. (1.5 cm.) long
EARLY DYNASTIC PERIOD, CIRCA 3000-2686 B.C.
Depicted recumbent on an integral base, his hind legs curled under his haunches, his short tail curling over the right hind leg, his forepaws extended, with the mane, eyes, muzzle and smiling mouth articulated, the underside of the base with an incised pattern; together with a Near Eastern rectangular gold plaque, hammered from a sheet, with a quadruped depicted in profile to the right, with two perforations at its upper corners for attachment
Lion: 9/16 in. (1.5 cm.) long
Provenance
with Elias S. David (1891-1969), New York; thence by descent.
Special notice
This lot is offered without reserve.