Attention: This entry may not have been reviewed and could contain incorrect data.Small bronze figure (H. 0.11), which served as a handle of a patera (Zoega) or a knife (Lajard). For a long time at an antiquarian's in Rome, later bought by Comte Pourtales-Georgier (1845). Zoega, AM., 206 No. 10; Catalogue des objets d'art de feu M. le Comte Pour- tales-Georgier, dont la vente aura lieu le lundi 6 jevrier I865, Paris 1864, 124 No. 641; Lajard, Rech., 585; MMM II 236f No. 75. A figure with a lion's head and four large wings. The lower part of his body consists, from the stomach downwards, of a s…
