Achaemenid lion head Persian- achaemenid, 5th- 4 th century BC. Material: hollow bronze. Dimensions: 16 cm high. Hollow-cast bronze lion's head in the form of a snarling lion with ferociously bared jaws, his mane boldly and finely delineated. Provided of Oxford University metallographic test for authenticate the bronze. Provenance: private English collection. Previously, Japanese private collection,
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