Persia - Order of the Lion and the Sun

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Couple of lower classes in "early style"

Edited April 18, 2013 by JapanX

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A few "not your usual Persian by central medallion painting" Lions

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Looks like one pretty tired Lion

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Lion`s banality

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Thanks Nick for all your new posts! The auction has a pretty wide selection of Persian made lion and sun medals. This thread has got to be the most comprehensive source for the Order of the lion and sun on the internet.

Markus

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This thread has got to be the most comprehensive source for the Order of the lion and sun on the internet.

Undoubtedly!

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This is a set of Persia Lion and sun that sold on a French auction this year. Appears to be Russian made. The wreath garlands around the medallion image are pretty rare.

Edited May 1, 2013 by Markus

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This beauty, a 4th class with "diamonds" and "emeralds" is up on the auction block at Carsten Zeige on May 4th, opening price of 5000 Euro. The medallion is persian made, but the quality of the jeweled portion of the medal look too good for Persian made. I am guessing that the Russian Jeweler made the medal using a Persian medallion painting.

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This is a set of Persia Lion and sun that sold on a French auction this year. Appears to be Russian made. The wreath garlands around the medallion image are pretty rare.

Real beauty!

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This beauty, a 4th class with "diamonds" and "emeralds" is up on the auction block at Carsten Zeige on May 4th, opening price of 5000 Euro. The medallion is persian made, but the quality of the jeweled portion of the medal look too good for Persian made. I am guessing that the Russian Jeweler made the medal using a Persian medallion painting.

Let`s undertake a close examination of this strange "bling russian" (it is also unmarked!!!)

Obverse

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Not bad