Roman Bronze Panther Head Finial

with detailed features. pierced for suspension, remains of a knob at the top of the head.

2nd - 3rd Centuries AD

Height: 5.8 cm. (2 5/16 in.)

Width: 4.6 cm. (1 13/16 in.)

#3914

ex: Collection of Leo Mildenberg (1913-2001), Switzerland

Published:
Christie’s; A Peacable Kingdom The Leo Mildenberg Collection of Animals (London,10.26-27.2004) pp.220-221, lot. 259
Kozloff, A; More Animals in Ancient Art from the Leo Mildenberg Collection. (Mainz, 1986) p.54, no. II,156