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Leopard/panther (chariot fitting),
1st BCE–1st century CE

South Italian

Late Hellenistic to Early Roman, ca. 323–30 BCE

y1938-4

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Title

Leopard/panther (chariot fitting)

Dates

1st BCE–1st century CE

Medium

Bronze

Dimensions

3.8 x 8.5 x 3.3 cm (1 1/2 x 3 3/8 x 1 5/16 in.)

Credit Line

Museum purchase

Object Number

y1938-4

Place Made

Europe, Southern Italy

Culture

Greek

Period

Early Imperial

Type

metalwork, chariots (ancient vehicles)

Materials

bronze

Subject

panthers

Purchased from Ludwig Pollak in 1938

Chariot fitting with a leopard

<p>Gloria Ferrari and Brunilde Sismondo Ridgway, <em>Aspects of ancient greece: an exhibition organized by the Allentown Art Museum with the cooperation of Gloria Ferrari Pinney and Brunilde Sismondo Ridgway ... Allentown Art Museum, September 16 through December 30, 1979, </em>(Allentown, PA: Allentown Art Museum, 1979). </p>, no. 109 (illus.)

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South Italian, Late Hellenistic to Early Roman (ca. 323–30 BCE), Southern Italy, 1st BCE–1st century CE, Leopard/panther (chariot fitting). Bronze; 3.8 x 8.5 x 3.3 cm. Museum purchase (y1938-4)

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