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Lion About to Strike a Serpent (Lion la patte levée sur un serpent) or (Esquisse du lion des Tuileries)

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Bronze brown patina
European Sculpture and Decorative Arts, Metropolitan Museum of Art New York NY, Gift of Miss G. Louise Robinson 1940
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Title: Lion About to Strike a Serpent (Lion la patte levée sur un serpent) or (Esquisse du lion des Tuileries)
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Bronze brown patina.

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