1ST-2ND CENTURY A.D.

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A ROMAN BRONZE FIGURE OF A SPOTTED FEMALE LEOPARD
1ST-2ND CENTURY A.D.
The seated feline with right foreleg raised and head turned to the right, tail curled around hind leg, decorated overall with silver, black niello(?), and a single gold spotted inlay
2¼ in. (5.8 cm.) high

Exhibited

Ruben and Edith Hecht Museum, University of Haifa, Israel, November 1999, no. 69.

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Lot Essay

PUBLISHED:
Exhibition catalogue, Depictions of Animals from the Leo Mildenberg Collection, University of Haifa, Israel, cat. 16, 1999, no. 69; and Animals, 2004, VI, no. 71.

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