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CIRCA 8TH-7TH CENTURY B.C.
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AN ETRUSCAN BRONZE LION PROTOME
CIRCA 8TH-7TH CENTURY B.C.
Hammered from a thin sheet, with semicircular eyes and stippled brows, the mouth open with the teeth bared and the tongue lolling, the whiskers incised and the fur on the nose indicated, an incised whorl at each brow, the ears folded back behind the radiating mane that forms a widow's peak on the forehead, the flange pierced for attachment
3 7/8 in. (9.8 cm.) high
CIRCA 8TH-7TH CENTURY B.C.
Hammered from a thin sheet, with semicircular eyes and stippled brows, the mouth open with the teeth bared and the tongue lolling, the whiskers incised and the fur on the nose indicated, an incised whorl at each brow, the ears folded back behind the radiating mane that forms a widow's peak on the forehead, the flange pierced for attachment
3 7/8 in. (9.8 cm.) high
Provenance
with Mathias Komor, New York, 1971.
The Late Christos G. Bastis; Sotheby's, New York, 9 December 1999, lot 75.
The Late Christos G. Bastis; Sotheby's, New York, 9 December 1999, lot 75.
Literature
D. von Bothmer, et. al., Antiquities from the Collection of Christos G. Bastis, New York, 1987, no. 117, pp. 208-209.