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Catalogusnummer: 4803
Persia, Achaeminid, a copper alloy silvered diadem or belt ca. 7th - 6th century BCE,
showing in relief in the centre a motif of an Egytptian falcon, flanked on either side by eight panels of the Persian hero as a tamer of a lion. All panels flanked by rows of bulbous pearl shaped rounds.
L. 43 cm. framed in perspex box.
Provenance: Paris private collection, prior to 1991. J. Soustiel, Paris. Edi de Munck, The Hague and private Dutch collection, Wassenaar. Ref. R.N. Freye, 'De erfenis der Perzen', afb. 11.
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