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Depicted recumbent, front paws outstretched with a neat circular mane incised at the edge and crowned by rounded ears framing his head that is tuned to face us. The open mouth reveals the tongue lolling over the lower jaw and the rims of the prominent eyes are slightly raised. The long body, with incised indications of the ribs, narrows towards the haunches where the tail curls up to rest between the bent back legs.

w. 7.8 cm

c. 5th century BC

Bronze

Provenance

Private collection, Germany, acquired 1960s
Acquired at Rupert Wace Ancient Art Ltd, Animal Sculpture form the Ancient World Sale, London, 20th January 2011, lot 14823

Publications

Rupert Wace Ancient Art, A Collector Menagerie: Animal Sculpture from the Ancient World, 20th January 2011, lot 66
C. Dauphin, Animals in the Ancient World. The Levett Bestiary, Levett Collection Series 2, France, 2014, pp. 67 and 95
C. Dauphin, Les animaux dans le monde antique. Le bestiaire Levett, Serie Collection Levett 2, France, 2016, p. 59, fig. 60 and 84

Exhibitions

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

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Etruscan Bronze Reclining Lion

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