This complete piece is a solid bronze cast of a leaping lion. This piece is a vessel handle, as the two front legs have a groove under the paws which fit over the rim of a vessel. This exceptional and extremely rare bronze is from Iran, dates circa 150 B.C.- 225 A.D., and may be Parthian. (For another analogous example that is of the exact size and type, and may be cast from the same mold see: "Ancient Bronzes, Ceramics, and Seals. The Nasli M. Heeramaneck Collection of Ancient Near Eastern, ... Click for details
Parthian (ancient Persian / Iran) Terracotta Green Glazed Amphora, circa 1st Century BCE, globular body with wide mouth. 8 1/2" high and in excellent condition.
Parthian Bronze Amphora with Panther handles, squat body and decorated with bands of indentions. The raised section around the base of the neck with incised chevrons and neck with encircling indented bands. With two handles, each stylized as an elongated leaping panther wearing a collar and with its forepaws resting on extended rim. Ca. 2nd - 3rd Century C.E. 15 1/2" high and in excellent condition. cf. Collon, Ancient Near Eastern Art, (London 1995) fig. 157, p. 193.
With solid splayed foot, globular body with encircling underglaze grove on shoulder, cylindrical neck and handle. Circa 1st - 3rd BCE. 6" high. Minor chips on lip and encrustations due to age, but in good condition.
