ID 1248358
Lot 75 | AN ACHAEMENID GOLD APPLIQUE OF A HYBRID LION
Estimate value
£ 60 000 – 80 000
IRAN, CIRCA 5TH CENTURY B.C.
1 5/8 in. (3.9 cm.) long
Provenance
Reputedly excavated in Hamadan, Iran in 1920.
Maurice Vidal collection, New York, prior to July 1948.
Literature
A. Upham Pope, 'Recently Found Treasures of one of the World’s First and Greatest Empires: Achaemenid Gold Objects', in Illustrated London News, 17 July 1948, pp. 57-59 (mentioned on page 59).
Iran: pièces du Musée de Téhéran, du Musée du Louvre et de collections particulières, exhibition catalogue, Paris, Musée Cernuschi, 1948, p. 38, no. 65.
M. T. Mustafavi, The Historical Monuments of Hamadan and a Chapter concerning Avicenna, Teheran, 1953, pp. 140-141.
His Imperial Majesty, M. R. Pahlavi, 'A glorious past: a shining future by the Shah of Iran,' in Life International, 29 July 1963.
Exhibited
Musée Cernuschi, Paris, Iran: pièces du Musée de Téhéran, du Musée du Louvre et de collections particulières, 23-31 July 1948.
| Medium: | Gold |
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| Place of origin: | Iran, Achaemenid Empire, Ancient Near Eastern, Asia |
| Auction house category: | Ancient Art & Antiquities |
| Medium: | Gold |
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| Place of origin: | Iran, Achaemenid Empire, Ancient Near Eastern, Asia |
| Auction house category: | Ancient Art & Antiquities |
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