EARTHENWARE LION PROTOME Neo-Elamite art, 8th-7th... Lot 37

EARTHENWARE LION PROTOME Neo-Elamite art, 8th-7th century B.C. Protome of a lion with legs folded under a tubular body and mane engraved with striations. Traces of turquoise glaze. Dimensions: 9 x 9 cm Provenance: Robin Symes Gallery, London, late 1980s Christie's, London, April 25, 2007: No. 150 (ill.) Hôtel Drouot, Paris, December 15, 2010: n°11 (ill.) Former D.W. collection, France Bibliography and related works: P. Amiet, Elam, Auvers sur Oise,1966 : n°382 F. Fukai, Ceramics of Ancient Persia, New York, 1981, p.7: No. 5-7 Louvre Museum, Inv.Sb 2788 A Neo-Elamite faience lion protome, 8th-7th century B.C. These zoomorphic earthenware protomes, several of which were discovered at the end of the 19th century in Susa near the temple of Shutruk-Nahunte II by R.de Mecquenem, were decorative knobs crowning the fixing pegs for wall tiles.