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120 - BRONZE STATUETTE OF A RECLINING LION
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BRONZE STATUETTE OF A RECLINING LION Etruscan art, circa the 5th century B.C. Statuette depicting a reclining lion, its tail curled over its hindquarters, its mouth open and tongue hanging out, with finely detailed fur and mane. Length: 7.8 cm Provenance: Former German private collection, acquired in the 1960s Rupert Wace Ancient Art Limited, London Christian Levett Collection, Musée d’Art Classique de Mougins, acquired in 2011 Exhibitions: Musée d’Art Classique de Mougins (MACM), Mougins, France, June 2011–August 2023 (Inv. No. MMoCA659) Bibliography: Rupert Wace Ancient Art, *A Collector’s Menagerie: Animal Sculpture from the Ancient World*, London, 2011, no. 66 C. Dauphin, *Animals in the Ancient World. The Levett Bestiary*, Levett Collection Series 2, France, 2014, pp. 67 and 95 C. Dauphin, *Animals in the Ancient World*. The Levett Bestiary, Levett Collection Series 2, France, 2016, p. 59, fig. 60, and p. 84 An Etruscan bronze figure of a recumbent lion, circa 5th century B.C.
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