AN ETRUSCAN BRONZE FIGURE OF A LION, 2ND HALF OF THE 6TH CENTURY B.C.

Property from a Swiss Private Collection
AN ETRUSCAN BRONZE FIGURE OF A LION, 2ND HALF OF THE 6TH CENTURY B.C.

seated with gaping mouth, extended tongue, and bared teeth, the long tail curled up to the haunches, the ribs incised.
height 7.3 cm.; length 10 cm.

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Provenance:
Dr. R. Käppeli, Meggen, Switzerland

Münzen und Medaillen, Basel, May 13th, 1961, no. 69, illus.

Leo Biaggi de Blasys (1906-1979), Lugano, probably acquired at the above sale

by descent to the present owner

Published

William Llewelyn Brown, The Etruscan Lion, Oxford, 1960, p. 91, no. 17