A PAIR OF SPANISH OR SOUTH GERMAN GILT BRONZE LIONS, each reclining, with naturalistically chased fur and manes, one with head turned to the right and the other turning its head to the left, probably formerly the feet of a casket (the backs drilled with three and four holes respectively; some wear to gilding), 17th Century

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A PAIR OF SPANISH OR SOUTH GERMAN GILT BRONZE LIONS, each reclining, with naturalistically chased fur and manes, one with head turned to the right and the other turning its head to the left, probably formerly the feet of a casket (the backs drilled with three and four holes respectively; some wear to gilding), 17th Century
3 3/8 x 5¼in. (8.5 x 13.4cm.) (2)

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