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PROPERTY FROM THE LEO MILDENBERG COLLECTION OF ANCIENT ANIMALS
A GREEK GILT TERRACOTTA APPLIQUÉ
TARENTINE, CLASSICAL PERIOD, CIRCA 450-425 B.C.
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A GREEK GILT TERRACOTTA APPLIQUÉ
TARENTINE, CLASSICAL PERIOD, CIRCA 450-425 B.C.
The openwork plaque in the form of a panther in profile to the right on a rocky groundline, the well-modelled feline with the left forepaw raised, his tongue lolling and his tail double coiled, the surface preserving yellow pigment and significant traces of gilding, a perforation through the front flank for attachment
4½ in. (11.4 cm.) long
TARENTINE, CLASSICAL PERIOD, CIRCA 450-425 B.C.
The openwork plaque in the form of a panther in profile to the right on a rocky groundline, the well-modelled feline with the left forepaw raised, his tongue lolling and his tail double coiled, the surface preserving yellow pigment and significant traces of gilding, a perforation through the front flank for attachment
4½ in. (11.4 cm.) long
Literature
A.P. Kozloff, ed., Animals in Ancient Art From the Leo Mildenberg Collection, Cleveland, 1981, no. 137.
U. Gehrig, ed., Tierbilder aus vier Jahrtausenden, Antiken der Sammlung Mildenberg, Mainz am Rhein, 1983, no. 137.
G. Zahlhaas, Aus Noahs Arche, Tierbilder de Sammlung Mildenberg aus fünf Jahrtausenden, Part IV, Mainz am Rhein, 1996, no. 89.
P.E. Mottahedeh, ed., Out of Noah's Ark, Animals in Ancient Art from the Leo Mildenberg Collection, Jerusalem, 1997, no. 89.
U. Gehrig, ed., Tierbilder aus vier Jahrtausenden, Antiken der Sammlung Mildenberg, Mainz am Rhein, 1983, no. 137.
G. Zahlhaas, Aus Noahs Arche, Tierbilder de Sammlung Mildenberg aus fünf Jahrtausenden, Part IV, Mainz am Rhein, 1996, no. 89.
P.E. Mottahedeh, ed., Out of Noah's Ark, Animals in Ancient Art from the Leo Mildenberg Collection, Jerusalem, 1997, no. 89.