An Achaemenid Gold Repoussé Plaque, Achaemenid Period, ca. 500 - 330 BCE Medium - Faience Jagamarra’s work reflects both a

Jagamarra’s work reflects both a deep spiritual connection to his land and a mastery of contemporary Aboriginal visual language

Of exceptional quality

consistent with long burial

(catalogue #151

prior to the departure of the Shah in 1979

An Achaemenid Gold Repoussé Plaque, Achaemenid Period, ca. 500 - 330 BCE Medium - Faience Jagamarra’s work reflects both aThis sheet gold plaque attests to the exceptional skill of Achaemenid goldsmiths and the sophisticated taste and high social status of its original owners. Greek writers often speak of the tremendous wealth of the Persians, and Herodotus writes that King Xerxes' troops "were adorned with the greatest magnificence they glittered all over with gold, vast quantities of which they wore about their person" (vii. 83). Of high karat gold, this example is