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Ring in its mouth, on a separately cast rectangular bronze plate attachment. Probably used on a chest.

h.12.7 x w.19.1 cm

Pompeii, 1st century AD

Bronze

Provenance

Acquired from London Art Market, London, January 1990
Sold to K.C., Michigan, January 1990
Reacquired by Royal-Athena Galleries, September 1993
Acquired at Royal-Athena Galleries, New York, 24th June 2009, MK9302C

Publications

J. M. Eisenberg, Art of the Ancient World, Royal-Athena Galleries, 1995, vol. VI, p. 15, fig. 69
J. M. Eisenberg, Art of the Ancient World, Royal-Athena Galleries, 2003, vol. XIV, p. 22, fig. 51
J. Spier, "Roman Bronzes" in M. Merrony (ed.), Mougins Museum of Classical Art, France, 2011, p. 143, fig. 44
C. Dauphin, Animals in the Ancient World. The Levett Bestiary, Levett Collection Series 2, France, 2014, p. 96
C. Dauphin, Les Animaux dans le Monde Antique. Le Bestiaire Levett, Serie Collection Levett 2, France, 2016, p. 68, fig. 73 and p. 85

Exhibitions

Musée d'Art Classique de Mougins (MACM), Mougins, France, from June 2011

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Roman Bronze Lion-Head Protome

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