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29 - LION EN ALLIAGE CUIVREUX
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LION EN ALLIAGE CUIVREUX Probablement Asie centrale, vers le Ier millénaire av. J.-C. Statuette de félin debout sur ses quatre pattes, la gueule ouverte, crocs apparents, le corps schématisé longiligne muni d'une longue queue recourbée et à extrémité conique. Les yeux sont formés de cercles concentriques et les oreilles signifiées par des enroulements. Long. : 14,6 cm Provenance : Ancienne collection particulière anglaise, acquis dans les années 1970 Christie’s, Londres, 14 avril 2011: n°312 (ill.) Collection Christian Levett, Musée d'Art Classique de Mougins Expositions : Musée d'Art Classique de Mougins (MACM), Mougins, France, juin 2011-août 2023 (Inv. n° MMoCA723) Bibliographie : Christie's, Antiquities, Londres, 14 avril 2011, lot 312 C. Dauphin, Animals in the Ancient World. The Levett Bestiary, Levett Collection Series 2, France, 2014, pp. 12 et 89 C. Dauphin, Les animaux dans le monde antique. Le bestiaire Levett, Serie Collection Levett 2, France, 2016, p. 61, fig. 63, et p.80 A copper alloy statuette of a lion, Probably Central Asia, circa 1st millennium B.C.
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