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LOT 1212
Pre-Achaemenid Silver Plated Lion Shield Boss
9TH-8TH CENTURY B.C.
3 in. (84 grams, 78 mm).
With stylised repoussé head and face detailing showing two faces, one to the side and the other to the top, the mane represented by a scalloped border; sheet-silver cladding to the head over bronze; pierced for attachment.
Provenance
Ex London, UK, gallery, 1971-early 2000s.
London, UK, collection.
Literature
Cf. similar in the British Museum under accession number 134358; cf. Grabar, O. Sasanian Silver: Late Antique and Early Mediaeval Arts of Luxury From Iran, Michigan, 1967, p.129, no.46, for type.
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LOT 1212
Pre-Achaemenid Silver Plated Lion Shield Boss
Estimate £2,000 - 3,000€2,320 - 3,480 (for guidance only)$2,700 - 4,050 (for guidance only)
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