Lion jewelry aesthetic

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Full Size: Pendant with a Lion Baroque Jewelry, Ancient Jewellery, Lion Pendant, Historical Jewellery, Antique Pendant, Ancient Jewelry, A Lion, Old Jewelry, Animal Jewelry

This pendant was designed around the voluptuous but irregular shape of a baroque pearl which forms part of the body of the lion. This kind of light, amusing, showy pendant was apparently meant to be worn at events such as weddings. Its charm depends on its design rather than on a massing of precious stones. This type of design is associated with the late 16th-century Southern Netherlands jewelry designer Hans Collaert.

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Plaque with horned lion-griffins, Gold, Achaemenid Iran Culture, Ancient Persia, Ancient Jewellery, Persian Empire, Ancient Mesopotamia, Ancient Persian, Art Ancien, An Eagle, Iron Age

In the sixth century B.C., under the leadership of Cyrus the Great, the Persians established themselves at the head of an empire that would eventually extend from eastern Europe and Egypt to India. The Achaemenid Period is well documented by the descriptions of Greek and Old Testament writers and by abundant archaeological remains

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