Lot Essay
Cf. C. C. Vermeule and M. B. Comstock Sculpture in Stone and Bronze (1971-1988), Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, 1988, no. 111, p. 89 for a similar inlaid support
Various Properties
A GRAECO-ROMAN BRONZE KNIFE HANDLE, in the form of the bust of a snarling leopard emerging from an acanthus leaf which surmounts a lion's paw, a set of Pan-pipes on one side, the leopard's eyes, spots and binding of the pipes inlaid with silver, green patination with traces of the blade remaining, mounted, circa 1st Century B.C./A.D., 2¾in. (7cm.) high; and a bronze bust of a satyr, 3in. (7.6cm.) high (2)
Details
A GRAECO-ROMAN BRONZE KNIFE HANDLE, in the form of the bust of a snarling leopard emerging from an acanthus leaf which surmounts a lion's paw, a set of Pan-pipes on one side, the leopard's eyes, spots and binding of the pipes inlaid with silver, green patination with traces of the blade remaining, mounted, circa 1st Century B.C./A.D., 2¾in. (7cm.) high; and a bronze bust of a satyr, 3in. (7.6cm.) high (2)