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CIRCA 2ND CENTURY A.D.
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A ROMAN SILVER PANTHERESS
CIRCA 2ND CENTURY A.D.
Seated on her hind legs, her left foreleg extended forward, supported on her right foreleg, her head turned to her left and angled up, her open mouth baring fangs and a lolling tongue, wearing a collar with ivy leaves and berries, four swollen teats along her torso, the fur rendered throughout, punctuated with circular inlays, the tail wrapped around her right haunch
1 7/8 in. (4.8 cm.) long
CIRCA 2ND CENTURY A.D.
Seated on her hind legs, her left foreleg extended forward, supported on her right foreleg, her head turned to her left and angled up, her open mouth baring fangs and a lolling tongue, wearing a collar with ivy leaves and berries, four swollen teats along her torso, the fur rendered throughout, punctuated with circular inlays, the tail wrapped around her right haunch
1 7/8 in. (4.8 cm.) long
Provenance
English Private Collection, prior to 1966.