Lot 25
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A GREEK BRONZE FIGURE OF A RECUMBENT LION
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A GREEK BRONZE FIGURE OF A RECUMBENT LION

CIRCA 550 B.C.

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A GREEK BRONZE FIGURE OF A RECUMBENT LION
CIRCA 550 B.C.
Probably from the rim of a vessel, with head turned to the right and heavy mane, details incised
2 3/8 in. (6 cm.) long
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VAT rate of 5% is payable on hammer price plus buyer's premium

Lot Essay

PUBLISHED:
Animals, 1981, I, no. 90.

Reclining lions such as this regularly stood guard over the rims of vessels or along the edges of pieces of furniture in Archaic Greece; occasionally, separately cast lions like this also formed part of the upper ornament of vertical hydria handles.

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