TARENTINE GILDED TERRACOTA ANIMAL RELIEF

TARENTINE GILDED TERRACOTA ANIMAL RELIEF

Applique fragment with combat scenen of lion attacking winged lion-griffin from behind, grabbing its rear with its teeth, while griffin turning back its head and is trying to escape. Beige clay, mould-made, gilded

Ex priv. coll. F.Z., Netherlands, acq. from J.D. Cahn, Basel, Tefaf 2007
Dim. 5,2 x 8 cm. Mounted on Perspex

4th cent. BC, c. 350 – 320 BC

This type of mould-made terracotta appliques probably served as decoration for funerary furniture
Cf. K. Schefold, Meisterweke Griechischre Kunst, Basel 1960, p. 266, VII 354