Empty pocket, ashtray "Palais d'Assurbanipal" Bronze, Max le Verrier

Art deco era. Empty pocket max le verrier one of the pioneers of this style. Very nice empty pocket in gilded bronze two tones of the 30s. "ashurbanipal palace; c. 652 bc" signed max le verrier. Setting of an antique hunting scene. This lion hunt was created to the glory of the king of assyria, ashurbanipal. During his reign, assyrian fame. Was not only due to his military might, But also to its culture and art. Ashurbanipal founded a library in nineveh, his capital. In which he collected more than 20, 000 tablets, either the whole of the cuneiform literature available in its time, Thus creating the first "library". Very good condition and very good quality. Dimensions: 15.3 X 8.2 cm.