Persian Silver Plaque Depicting Hunting Dogs (Illustration)

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by The Trustees of the British Museum
published on 05 December 2019

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Persian Silver Plaque Depicting Hunting Dogs — Perforated silver plaque; lightly embossed scene of two long-tailed hunting dogs resembling mastiffs, one on either side of a male wild boar facing right, with a forked tail.
6-7th century CE, Iran.
British Museum

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