A Roman Bronze Lion Head Mount, 200-300 AD.
Conservation: Good condition
Material: Bronze
Dimensions: 13,4 cm
Provenance: Acquired at Sotheby’s Olympia in 2003 / Acquired at Bonhams, London, Auction, 2008
Exhibited: Feriarte, IFEMA (Madrid, 16-24 November 2019)
Published: Antiquities, London, Bonhams, October 15th, 2008.
Price:
4000€
Modelled in high relief, the frontal face with finely incised details of the fur, a wrinkled nose and knotted brow, the wide-set eyes with recessed pupils, the jaws agape exposing the remains of large twisted incisors, the thick tufts of the mane framing the face. It is a piece of great naturalism because the sculptor uses resources such as the detail of the animal’s coat and the drilled pupils to obtain a greater assimilation with the real animal.
