A PARTHIAN BRONZE VESSEL HANDLE
A PARTHIAN BRONZE VESSEL HANDLE

CIRCA 2ND CENTURY A.D.

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A PARTHIAN BRONZE VESSEL HANDLE
CIRCA 2ND CENTURY A.D.
In the form of a pantheress, her open mouth baring fangs and a lolling tongue, wearing a collar with ivy leaves tied in a Herakles-knot, the teats indicated, the fur rendered by punching and incision, the tail between her legs and wrapped around the left leg
3 5/8 in. (9.2 cm.) high
來源
Anonymous sale; Sotheby's, New York, 20 June 1990, lot 119.