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BRONZE STATUETTE OF A RECLINING LION
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BRONZE STATUETTE OF A RECLINING LION
See original version (French)
Estimate €800 - €1,000
Voluntary lot
Description
BRONZE STATUETTE OF A RECLINING LION
Etruscan art, circa the 5th century BC.
A statuette depicting a reclining lion, its tail curled over its hindquarters, its mouth open and tongue hanging out, with finely detailed fur and mane.
Length: 7.8 cm
Provenance: Former German private collection, acquired in the 1960s
Rupert Wace Ancient Art Limited, London
Christian Levett Collection, Musée d’Art Classique de Mougins, acquired in 2011
Exhibitions: Musée d’Art Classique de Mougins (MACM), Mougins, France, June 2011–August 2023 (Inv. No. MMoCA659)
Bibliography: Rupert Wace Ancient Art, *A Collector’s Menagerie: Animal Sculpture from the Ancient World*, London, 2011, no. 66
C. Dauphin, *Animals in the Ancient World. The Levett Bestiary*, Levett Collection Series 2, France, 2014, pp. 67 and 95
C. Dauphin, *Animals in the Ancient World*. The Levett Bestiary, Levett Collection Series 2, France, 2016, p. 59, fig. 60 and p. 84
An Etruscan bronze figure of a recumbent lion,
Circa 5th century BC.
See original version (French)
Auto-translation. Refer to original language for legal validity.
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