Sale 9380
New York
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13 June 2000
Price realised
USD 11,750
Estimate
A CASPIAN SILVER LION ATTACHMENT circa 9th-8th century b.c. Depicting a lion walking to the left, its head frontal, the triangular ridged brow with incised hatching, round ears above, with wide almond-shaped eyes, the mane a mass of chevroned bands, the tassel of the tail and the legs hammered flat and incised, with two pendant loops on the reverse 31/8 in. (7.9 cm) long
Provenance
Dr. Elie Borowski
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Literature
Arts de l'ancien Iran, no. 198
Exhibited
Arts de l'ancien Iran, Museé Borély, Marseilles, 1975.
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