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LOT 0224
Achaemenid Silver Lion Brooch Pair
6TH-4TH CENTURY B.C.
1 1/8 in. (22.3 grams total, 30 mm each).
Each a bow with balustered arms ending in a knop finial and curved catchplate; round-section pin with coiled wire collar; apex of each bow with the addorsed forequarters of two felines with stylised markings and facial features. [2]
Provenance
Acquired before 1983.
Ex London gallery, 1990s.
Private collection, London, UK.
Literature
Cf. Hattatt, R., Iron Age and Roman Brooches, Oxford, 1985, item 718, for type.
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