Lot Essay
Items one to four: cf. H. Mahboubian, Art of Ancient Iran, Copper and Bronze, London, 1997, p. 279, no. 357 for similar.
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EARLY 1ST MILLENNIUM B.C.
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FOUR NORTH-WEST PERSIAN BRONZE LION APPLIQUÉS
EARLY 1ST MILLENNIUM B.C.
The sheet bronze stylized appliqués each with punched spiral and linear patterns and spiked manes, 6¾ in. (17 cm.) long max.; a group of bronzes including two Luristan bronze animal pendants with curved horns and suspension loops, linked by bronze coil, mounted, 1¼ in. (3.2 cm.) high, all early 1st millennium B.C.; five bronze kohl-jars with applicators, two of the jars with three protruding bosses of animal head form, the applicators with animal terminals, circa, 2nd millennium B.C., jars 3¼ in. (8.2 cm.) high max.; four Roman bronze ring handles each with central tondo in the form of a lion's head, 2 in. (5 cm.) diam.; and a group including a bronze Buddha head, 2 in. (5 cm.) high(a lot)
EARLY 1ST MILLENNIUM B.C.
The sheet bronze stylized appliqués each with punched spiral and linear patterns and spiked manes, 6¾ in. (17 cm.) long max.; a group of bronzes including two Luristan bronze animal pendants with curved horns and suspension loops, linked by bronze coil, mounted, 1¼ in. (3.2 cm.) high, all early 1st millennium B.C.; five bronze kohl-jars with applicators, two of the jars with three protruding bosses of animal head form, the applicators with animal terminals, circa, 2nd millennium B.C., jars 3¼ in. (8.2 cm.) high max.; four Roman bronze ring handles each with central tondo in the form of a lion's head, 2 in. (5 cm.) diam.; and a group including a bronze Buddha head, 2 in. (5 cm.) high(a lot)
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