AN ELAMITE NEAR EASTERN LION AMULET Circa 1st...
AN ELAMITE NEAR EASTERN LION AMULET Circa 1st Millennium B.C. Pierced lengthways for suspension the amulet is carved in black and white banded agate in the form of a recumbent lion, the short front paws outstretched, the hind quarters rounded, with large protruding eyes flank a flat broad snout beneath small rounded ears, 1.6cm long, Literature: A small recumbent agate lion, now in the Louvre, is illustrated in Prudence O. Harper, Joan Aruz and Francoise Tallon, (Eds), ‘The Royal City of Susa: Ancient Near Eastern Treasures in The Louvre’ (New York, 1992) pp. 152-153, no. 99. Similar amulets in the form of lions are also reproduced in Debra Noel Adams, Emma C. Bunker, Trudy Kawami, Robert Morkot, Dalia Tawil, ‘When Orpheus Sang’ (Paris, 2004) pp. 76-77, nos. 73-74. Provenance: Private collection, Los Angeles, U.S.A., acquired circa 1979.
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AN ELAMITE NEAR EASTERN LION AMULET Circa 1st Millennium B.C. Pierced lengthways for suspension the amulet is carved in black and white banded agate in the form of a recumbent lion, the short front paws outstretched, the hind quarters rounded, with large protruding eyes flank a flat broad snout beneath small rounded ears, 1.6cm long, Literature: A small recumbent agate lion, now in the Louvre, is illustrated in Prudence O. Harper, Joan Aruz and Francoise Tallon, (Eds), ‘The Royal City of Susa: Ancient Near Eastern Treasures in The Louvre’ (New York, 1992) pp. 152-153, no. 99. Similar amulets in the form of lions are also reproduced in Debra Noel Adams, Emma C. Bunker, Trudy Kawami, Robert Morkot, Dalia Tawil, ‘When Orpheus Sang’ (Paris, 2004) pp. 76-77, nos. 73-74. Provenance: Private collection, Los Angeles, U.S.A., acquired circa 1979.
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