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SILVER PANTHER
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SILVER PANTHER
See original version (French)
Estimate €1,800 - €2,500
Voluntary lot
Description
SILVER PANTHER
Roman art, 2nd–3rd century AD
Small panther statuette, with its left forepaw raised, mouth open, tongue hanging out, tail curled, body engraved with ocelli, and pendulous teats.
Height: 3.1 cm
Weight: 20 g
Provenance: Former collection of Mr Richard Wagner, Cape Cod, Massachusetts, acquired in the 1960s
Fortuna Fine Arts Ltd, New York
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. MMoCA661)
Bibliography: C. Dauphin, Animals in the Ancient World. The Levett Bestiary, Levett Collection Series 2, France, 2014, pp. 68 and 101
C. Dauphin, Animals in the Ancient World. The Levett Bestiary, Levett Collection Series 2, France, 2016, p. 61, fig. 62 and p. 90
A small Roman silver statuette of a panther,
2nd–3rd century AD.
See original version (French)
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