499619 Lion Hunting Cup, 1100-1000 BC (raised, chased, repouss矇 silver) by Iranian School; 14x9.3 cm; Cleveland Museum of Art, OH, USA; (add.info.: The nomadic gold- and silversmiths of Marlik and Amlash were the first masters of precious metalwork in Iran. Their successors were the bronzeworkers of Luristan and the silversmiths of the Achaemenian and Sasanian Empires, whose masterpieces are shown elsewhere in this gallery. ); Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund; Iranian, out of copyright.