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COPPER ALLOY LION
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COPPER ALLOY LION
See original version (French)
Estimate €4,000 - €6,000
Voluntary lot
Description
COPPER ALLOY LION
Probably Central Asia, circa the 1st millennium BC.
A statuette of a feline standing on all four paws, mouth open, fangs visible, with a slender, stylised body featuring a long, curved tail tapering to a conical point. The eyes are formed of concentric circles and the ears are indicated by coiled lines.
Length: 14.6 cm
Provenance: Former English private collection, acquired in the 1970s
Christie’s, London, 14 April 2011: lot 312 (ill.)
Christian Levett Collection, Musée d’Art Classique de Mougins
Exhibitions: Musée d’Art Classique de Mougins (MACM), Mougins, France, June 2011–August 2023 (Inv. No. MMoCA723)
Bibliography: Christie’s, Antiquities, London, 14 April 2011, lot 312
C. Dauphin, Animals in the Ancient World. The Levett Bestiary, Levett Collection Series 2, France, 2014, pp. 12 and 89
C. Dauphin, Animals in the Ancient World. The Levett Bestiary, Levett Collection Series 2, France, 2016, p. 61, fig. 63, and p. 80
A copper alloy statuette of a lion,
Probably Central Asia, circa 1st millennium BC.
See original version (French)
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