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ISLAMIC PERSIAN SELJUK BRONZE LION
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Early Islamic bronze lion standing on two legs with head: it served as the leg of an object, probably a casket. Persia Seljuk period, circa 11th-13th century A.D. Height.3 inches (7.6cm), length 2inches (5.1cm) ,width 1 ¼ inches(3.2cm) Reference: Islamic Metalwork of the Eighth to the Fifteenth Century in the Keir Collection. By: Géza Fehérvári • Publisher: London: Faber and Faber, 1976.Page 90 –No116-Plate 39b

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