Appliqué shows lion-griffin with open mouth revealing teeth. Features backward-curving horns with incised details. Fabricated from repoussé sheet gold over bitumen core. Surface covered in drop-shaped and circular turquoise inlays. Dates to 3rd-1st century B.C. Measures 1 ¾ in. long. Provenance from 1963 Paris auction lot 29. Owned by Djahanguir Riahi until 2014. Sold at Sotheby's London 2018 lot 78. Related to Scythian and Sarmatian treasures from Russian steppes. Comparable to items in Golden Deer of Eurasia catalog. Similar works in Aus den Schatzkammern Eurasiens nos. 133-138. Auctioned by Christie's New York 13 October 2020.