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CLASSICAL PERIOD, CIRCA 5TH-4TH CENTURY B.C.
Details
A GREEK BRONZE VESSEL LEG
CLASSICAL PERIOD, CIRCA 5TH-4TH CENTURY B.C.
Cast in the form of a lion's leg, the paw naturalistic, the lower leg fluted, the elongated heart-shaped attachment plate outlined with a groove, coiling into volutes within each lobe, half palmettes descending from the spirals, the contoured plinth made separately
10¼ in. (26 cm.) high
CLASSICAL PERIOD, CIRCA 5TH-4TH CENTURY B.C.
Cast in the form of a lion's leg, the paw naturalistic, the lower leg fluted, the elongated heart-shaped attachment plate outlined with a groove, coiling into volutes within each lobe, half palmettes descending from the spirals, the contoured plinth made separately
10¼ in. (26 cm.) high
Provenance
European Private Collection, 1970s.