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Patera (shallow bowl) Handle in the Form of a Lion
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This handle for a patera, a shallow cup-shaped vessel, is in the form of an outstretched leaping lion. The handle consists of larger palmetted-shaped end which the lion rests its forepaws, and the smaller, heart-shaped end provides a base for the lion's hindlegs. The hindlegs are formed as a single element, probably for stability. The head is carefully modelled, with a rippled snout, lips, eyebrows, ears, and mane.
Department of Ancient and Byzantine Art & Numismatics
Dr. Leo Mildenberg Zurich Switzerland (by 1999-2001) bequest; to Harvard University Art Museums 2004.
Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum Bequest of Dr. Leo Mildenberg
Title: Patera (shallow bowl) Handle in the Form of a Lion
Description:
This handle for a patera, a shallow cup-shaped vessel, is in the form of an outstretched leaping lion.
The handle consists of larger palmetted-shaped end which the lion rests its forepaws, and the smaller, heart-shaped end provides a base for the lion's hindlegs.
The hindlegs are formed as a single element, probably for stability.
The head is carefully modelled, with a rippled snout, lips, eyebrows, ears, and mane.
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