Three Roman bronze lion-headed handles
Circa 2nd-3rd Century A.D.
Circular and cast in high relief with the head of a lion, with engraved details of the mane, eyes and brows, the details of the fur finely chased, an attachment hole on either side of each ear, one bearing a loose ridged ring in its gaping jaw, 11cm diam. each (3)注脚Provenance:
Private collection, Switzerland.
Anonymous sale; Schuler Auktionen, Zurich, 22 June 1995, lot 2516.
Private collection, Germany, acquired at the above sale.

For a closely related example, said to come from a chest, see M. Comstock and C.C. Vermeule (eds), Greek, Etruscan and Roman Bronzes in the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, Boston, 1971, p.461, no. 672.