Hasanlu (Azerbaijan): Lapis-lazuli bowl, parly covered with gold leaves, c. 850 BC
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Huot, Jean-Louis
Photographer: Arthur Llewellyn Basham
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A lion is holding it in its jaws and grasping it with its paws. Beneath, a hand sculptured in bas-relief seems to be carrying it. The belly is decorated with two sphinxes with spreading wings
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1965
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