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PAIR OF BRONZE PANTHERS
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PAIR OF BRONZE PANTHERS
See original version (French)
Estimate €3,000 - €4,000
Voluntary lot
Description
PAIR OF BRONZE PANTHERS
Roman art, c. 3rd century AD.
A pair of roaring panthers depicted standing on a semi-circular plinth, one of their forepaws raised, with two tenons with globular caps for mounting.
Restored.
Length: 19 cm
Provenance: Former B.H.S. Collection, Saint Petersburg, Florida, acquired between the 1950s and 1970s
Royal-Athena Galleries, New York
Christian Levett Collection, Musée d’Art Classique de Mougins, acquired in 2010
Exhibitions: Musée d’Art Classique de Mougins (MACM), Mougins, France, June 2011–August 2023 (Inv. No. MMoCA618)
Bibliography: J. M. Eisenberg, *Art of the Ancient World*, Royal-Athena Galleries, 2009, vol. XX, p. 38, fig. 69
C. Dauphin, Animals in the Ancient World. The Levett Bestiary, France, 2014, pp. 67 and 101
C. Dauphin, Animals in the Ancient World. The Levett Bestiary, Levett Collection Series 2, France, 2016, p. 56, fig. 54 and p. 90
A Roman bronze pair of roaring panthers,
Circa 3rd century AD.
See original version (French)
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