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LOT 0935
Western Asiatic Epigraphic Animal Plaque
18TH-19TH CENTURY A.D.
3 3/4 in. (22.8 grams, 94 mm).
Lentoid in plan and curved with two attachment loops to the reverse; low-relief image of a lion with tail arched over the back; solar masl to each and another above the lion's back; the whole surface with dense hatching and grids with text. [No Reserve]
Provenance
From a UK private collection, before 1980.
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