African & Oceanic Art | Antiquities - 8th June 2021
Lot 85
A Persian garment pin
Estimate £800 - £1,200
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Description
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.