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A Persian bronze shield boss

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Item Details

Description

A Persian bronze shield boss
Circa 8th-7th Century B.C.
Rising to a pointed dome at the centre, with pierced rim, 26.5cm diam.
Footnotes:
Provenance:
Elias-Vaes Collection, Holland, acquired 1960-1970.
Christie's, Amsterdam, Twenty Rooms: The Collection of the late Mrs Elias-Vaes, 27th April 2010, lot 95.

Condition

There are tears and holes mostly to the border, visible in the catalogue image. The surface has been cleaned on the exterior, leaving an attractive reddish-brown patina with green mottling and with some patches of encrustation. There is some slight hairline cracking at the dome. The interior is heavily encrusted making it difficult to see if there are repairs to the dome. There is an adhesive plaster label reading: 'Sdt 256...Schile'...