Description: ROMAN EMPIRE100-200 ADBRONZE FEMALE PANTHER STATUETTECOMES WITH CERTIFICATE OF AUTHENTICITY & ATTRIBUTIONFIGURAL BRONZE OF A PANTHER, STANDING WITH HEAD TURNED TO THE RIGHT, MOUTH OPEN, AND RIGHT FOREPAW RAISED. TRIANGULAR SHAPES UNDER ABDOMEN REPRESENT THE ANIMAL’S TEATS TO SYMBOLIZE IT AS FEMALE.PANTHERS (LEOPARDS) WERE MUCH ADMIRED IN ROME AS FIERCE WILD BEASTS, OFTEN INCLUDED IN PUBLIC DISPLAYS, AND IMPORTED FROM THE NORTH AFRICAN PROVINCES, AND REGIONS SOUTH, FOR INCLUSION IN GLADIATORIAL GAMES IN THE ARENA.THE PANTHER WAS ALSO A TOTEMIC SYMBOL OF THE GOD DIONYSIUS (THE ROMAN LIBER or BACCHUS), AND THOUGHT TO BE THE FAVORITE MOUNT OF THE GOD, OR A PAIR OF THE SACRED BEASTS DRAWING HIS CHARIOT. PRIESTS OF DIONYSIUS WORE PANTHER SKINS IN THEIR RITUAL PRACTICES.DIMENSIONS 2 3/8 INCH TALL (57mm) X 2 1/2 INCHES ACROSS (64mm)134.2 GRAMS BRONZE
Price: 3300 USD
Location: Fort Lauderdale, Florida
End Time: 2025-02-05T21:08:30.000Z
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