Proto Elamite Bowl with Seated Lions
3rd millennium B.C. A conical bowl with D-section wall and shallow discoid foot, ornamented with a procession of three lions seated right in relief around the shoulder; remains of lug handle. Cf. Müller-Karpe, M., Metallgefässe im Iraq I (Von den Anfängen bis zur Akkad-Zeit), Stuttgart, 1993, p.86 ss. (forme 11, I), pp.235-237, no.1588, pl.142.; cf. Van Ess, M. and Pedde, F., Uruk, Kleinfunde II, Mainz on Rhine, 1992, p.18, no.109, pl.19. 317 grams, 10.2 cm wide (4 in.). Acquired before 1983.Ex London gallery, 1990s.