A Persian garment pin

A Persian garment pin

Eastern Iran or Central Asia, circa 2000 BC

copper alloy, with a pierced end with a male and female figure with their hands touching, under a curved lintel and flanked by serpents, a pair of recumbent lions and a phallic symbol,

35cm long.

cf. Art of the First Cities, Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, 2003, no.228.

Provenance

London Art Market, 2003.

John Kasmin, London, 2017.

Oliver Hoare, London.