Roman furniture leg in the form of a panther, c.2nd-3rd century
Bronze
Height: 8.5cm
11829 IVP
£ 3,000
Cast in bronze, this furniture leg, perhaps belonging to a tripod, shows the head and chest of a panther atop a large paw with sharp claws.
Cast in bronze, this furniture leg, perhaps belonging to a tripod, shows the head and chest of a panther atop a large paw with sharp claws.
Provenance
Victor Emile Gabriel Chevallier (1889-1969) and his wife Marguerite Jeanne Verel (1887-1962), France
Mr. X, France; by descent from the above in 1969, thence by descent through two estates
