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PROPERTY FROM THE LEO MILDENBERG COLLECTION OF ANCIENT ANIMALS
TWO GREEK GOLD ORNAMENTS
CLASSICAL PERIOD, CIRCA 4TH CENTURY B.C.
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TWO GREEK GOLD ORNAMENTS
CLASSICAL PERIOD, CIRCA 4TH CENTURY B.C.
Including one in the form of a hound, formed of two sheet halves, the fur rendered by incision, its head turned to the left; and one in the form of a lion, solid cast, standing with the forelegs and the hind legs together, the head turned to his left, with a mane of long wavy locks, perhaps originally serving as a finial
Lion: ½ in. (1.2 cm.) long (2)
CLASSICAL PERIOD, CIRCA 4TH CENTURY B.C.
Including one in the form of a hound, formed of two sheet halves, the fur rendered by incision, its head turned to the left; and one in the form of a lion, solid cast, standing with the forelegs and the hind legs together, the head turned to his left, with a mane of long wavy locks, perhaps originally serving as a finial
Lion: ½ in. (1.2 cm.) long (2)
Literature
Dog:
A.P. Kozloff, ed., Animals in Ancient Art From the Leo Mildenberg Collection, Cleveland, 1981, no. 155.
U. Gehrig, ed., Tierbilder aus vier Jahrtausenden, Antiken der Sammlung Mildenberg, Mainz am Rhein, 1983, no. 155.
Lion:
A.S. Walker, ed., Animals in Ancient Art from the Leo Mildenberg Collection, Part III, Mainz am Rhein, 1996, no. 162.
A.P. Kozloff, ed., Animals in Ancient Art From the Leo Mildenberg Collection, Cleveland, 1981, no. 155.
U. Gehrig, ed., Tierbilder aus vier Jahrtausenden, Antiken der Sammlung Mildenberg, Mainz am Rhein, 1983, no. 155.
Lion:
A.S. Walker, ed., Animals in Ancient Art from the Leo Mildenberg Collection, Part III, Mainz am Rhein, 1996, no. 162.