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LOT 0075

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EUR (€) 600 - 840
USD ($) 620 - 870

Current bid: £38 (+bp*)
(8 Bids, Reserve met)

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(8 Bids, Reserve met)   |   Current bid: £38
LATE PARTHIAN SILVER LION-HEAD TERMINAL
1ST-3RD CENTURY A.D.
2 7/8 in. (151 grams, 73 mm).

Hollow-formed mask with gaping mouth and protruding tongue, ropework collar, flared opening to rear. [No Reserve]

PROVENANCE:
Acquired between 1965-2020.
Private collection, London.
This lot is accompanied by an illustrated lot declaration signed by the Head of the Antiquities Department, Dr Raffaele D’Amato.

LITERATURE:
Cf. Iran: pièces du Musée de Téhéran, du Musée du Louvre et de collections particulières, exhibition catalogue, Paris, Musée Cernuschi, 1948, pp.36, no.57, for an earlier example of the type.

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