#809J • Middle Eastern (likely Persian) copper repoussé wall decor

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Mid-twentieth Century Middle Eastern (likely Persian) tinned copper and silver-plated copper repoussé and hand-engraved wall plate or tray, often created using the traditional ghalamzani metalworking technique The central medallion depicts a royal Persian figure—frequently identified in regional metalwork as King Darius or an ancient Achaemenid hero—stabbing or wrestling a mythical winged creature like a griffin or sphinx, made of hammered copper that has been tinned (giving the silver-colored contrast against the warm copper rim) and worked using ghalamzani, a traditional art form of hand-engraving and repoussé relief, approximately 15.75" in diameter, Millcreek estate