Lot 253
253
A GALLO-ROMAN BRONZE LION SUPPORT OR BRACKET
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A GALLO-ROMAN BRONZE LION SUPPORT OR BRACKET

FIRST HALF OF 2ND CENTURY A.D.

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A GALLO-ROMAN BRONZE LION SUPPORT OR BRACKET
FIRST HALF OF 2ND CENTURY A.D.
The lion is crouched on rectangular base with forelegs raised holding rectangular attachment plate, the long tail curled between his legs, with thick mane and open jaw; and a Roman bronze boar head protome with rectangular socket at rear, with mouth agape, short curved tusks and lentoid eyes, an incised vase with two plant stems on the underside, 3rd Century A.D.
5½ in. (14.1 cm) high and 4 7/8 in. (12.4 cm.) long respectively (2)
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Lot Essay

PUBLISHED:
Animals, 1981, I, no. 180; and Animals, 1986, II, no. 164 respectively.

Item one: cf. S. Boucher, Bronzes romains figurés du Musée des Beaux-Arts de Lyon, Lyon, 1973, p. 166, no. 283, E155, for a basin support with similar lion tripod feet which shows how the vertical bronze plate at the lion's paws fits into a socket in the circular support.

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