Inv. n°: MMoCA557

Etruscan Bronze Lion Boss

Of hammered sheet, from a decorative shield, the open mouth a lolling tongue, with small almond-shaped eyes, a stylized mane and triangular ears, the details finely incised.

ø 8.9 cm

c. 500 BC

Bronze

Provenance

  • Geneva provenance collection
  • With Elsa Bloch-Diener, Bern
  • Acquired at Christie's, "Antiquities", sale 2323, New York, 10th June 2010, lot 123

Publications

  • Christie’s New York, "Antiquities" sale 2323, 10th June 2010, lot 123
  • M. Junkelmann, "Roman Militaria" in M. Merrony (ed.), Mougins Museum of Classical Art, France, 2011, p. 237, fig. 1
  • C. Dauphin, Animals in the Ancient World. The Levett Bestiary, Levett Collection Series 2, France, 2014, p. 95
  • C. Dauphin, Les Animaux dans le Monde Antique. Les Bestiaire Levett, Serie Collection Levett 2, France, 2016, p. 52, fig. 48 and 84

Exhibitions

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

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