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PROPERTY FROM THE LEO MILDENBERG COLLECTION OF ANCIENT ANIMALS
A ROMAN AMBER LION
CIRCA 1ST CENTURY B.C.-1ST CENTURY A.D.
Details
A ROMAN AMBER LION
CIRCA 1ST CENTURY B.C.-1ST CENTURY A.D.
Finely sculpted, depicted reclining with his head turned to his left, the tail curving under the right hind leg and up over the flank, the ribs subtly indicated, the mane a mass of wavy locks, the eyes and open mouth drilled, the underside recessed, with a rectangular opening flanged on three sides to receive a sliding lid
2¾ in. (7 cm.) long
CIRCA 1ST CENTURY B.C.-1ST CENTURY A.D.
Finely sculpted, depicted reclining with his head turned to his left, the tail curving under the right hind leg and up over the flank, the ribs subtly indicated, the mane a mass of wavy locks, the eyes and open mouth drilled, the underside recessed, with a rectangular opening flanged on three sides to receive a sliding lid
2¾ in. (7 cm.) long
Provenance
Anonymous sale; Sotheby's, New York, 20 May 1982, lot 137.
Literature
A.P. Kozloff, D.G. Mitten and M. Sguaitamatti, More Animals in Ancient Art from the Leo Mildenberg Collection, Part II, Mainz am Rhein, 1986, no. 87.