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CIRCA 1ST CENTURY A.D.
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A ROMAN BRONZE SPOUT
CIRCA 1ST CENTURY A.D.
In the form of the head of a panther, the small spout protruding through its open mouth above the lolling tongue, with a ridged nose, small eyes with heavy lids beneath thick brows, small upright ears and two tiers of thick tufts at the back, a third tier radiating outwards, a hollow cylinder on the reverse for attachment
6 7/16 in. (16.3 cm.) long
CIRCA 1ST CENTURY A.D.
In the form of the head of a panther, the small spout protruding through its open mouth above the lolling tongue, with a ridged nose, small eyes with heavy lids beneath thick brows, small upright ears and two tiers of thick tufts at the back, a third tier radiating outwards, a hollow cylinder on the reverse for attachment
6 7/16 in. (16.3 cm.) long
Provenance
with Royal-Athena Galleries, New York, 1989.
Literature
C.C. Vermeule and J.M. Eisenberg, Catalogue of the Greek, Etruscan, and Roman Bronzes in the Collection of John Kluge, New York and Boston, 1992, no. 89-54.