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Small Empire Pendule, France, circa 1815
Located in Greding, DE
Small fire-gilded bronze clock, unsigned. Depiction of striding Hercules with lion skin as a
Category

Antique 1810s French Empire Table Clocks and Desk Clocks

Materials

Bronze

Empire Girandoles, Russia, around 1810
Located in Greding, DE
are each supported by a Diana standing on a lion skin. The last grommet rises centrally in an arch
Category

Antique 1810s Russian Empire Candlesticks

Materials

Bronze

Pendule Clock with Cupid, First Half of the 19th Century
Located in Greding, DE
, decorated with a torch, Hercules' lion skin and a laurel wreath. Next to it is the three-dimensional figure
Category

Antique Early 19th Century European Empire Mantel Clocks

Materials

Bronze

"The Young Odalisque" by Gugielmo Pugi
By Guglielmo Pugi
Located in London, GB
diadem rests on a divan covered with a lion skin, placed on a patterned oriental carpet. Signed on the
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Antique 1890s Italian Figurative Sculptures

Vintage Faux Terra Cotta Classical Figure
Located in Hudson, NY
young Hercules with his lion skin trophy wrapped around his shoulders. The large size makes the statue
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Vintage 1960s Unknown Statues

Louis-Philippe Antique Clock in Bronze with Equestrian Statuette
Located in Paris, FR
young man wearing a helmet and armor, sitting on a lion skin. The group is set on a naturalistic ground
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Antique 19th Century French Louis Philippe Mantel Clocks

Materials

Bronze

Likely Early 20th Century Pair of Bronze Salterello Dancer Statues
Located in Chapel Hill, NC
hopping wildly as the music becomes increasingly frenetic; each wears a lion skin & their band of grape
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Early 20th Century European Romantic Figurative Sculptures

Materials

Bronze

Cassini World Map “Planisphere Representant Toute L’etendue Du Monde” circa 1792
By J.B. Elwe
Located in Shippensburg, PA
covered in lion's skin. Artist listings & bibliography: The Mapping of California As An Island, Glen
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Antique 1790s Dutch Prints

Materials

Copper

Head „Herakles Farnese“ Hellenistic, ca. 2nd/1st c.BC, White Crystalline Marble
Located in Sofia, BG
his back and leaning on his club covered with the Nemean lion’s skin, a cloak under his left armpit
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Antique 15th Century and Earlier Greek Hellenistic Antiquities

Materials

Marble

Hercules Lichas, Grand Tour Italian Patinated Bronze Group, Antonio Canova
By Antonio Canova
Located in New York, NY
ankle. The lion-skin beneath him, the knotted club resting behind, and the rectangular plinth anchoring
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Antique 1850s Italian Neoclassical Figurative Sculptures

Materials

Bronze

"Children Bacchanale" Gilded Bronze by C. Cumberworth Susse Frères, c. 1860
By Susse Freres
Located in PARIS, FR
basket of flowers at their feet and holding up a large vase ornated with a lion skin, vine branches and
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Antique 1860s French Napoleon III Figurative Sculptures

Materials

Bronze

Taxidermy Lion, Full Body Mount
Located in Saint-Ouen, FR
This is a superb early 21st century taxidermy of an African lion, complete with all relevant
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21st Century and Contemporary South African Taxidermy

Materials

Animal Skin

“Crotales Player” Chandelier Attributed to F. Barbedienne, France, Circa 1860
By Ferdinand Barbedienne
Located in PARIS, FR
gilded bronze, presenting in the middle of which a Greek dancer, wearing a lion skin and playing the
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Antique 1860s French Greek Revival Chandeliers and Pendants

Materials

Bronze

Late 20th Century Full Mount Taxidermy Study of a Seated Male Lion
Located in Royal Tunbridge Wells, Kent
A superb taxidermy of an African seated male lion, late 20th century. Incredibly well prepared and
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20th Century African Taxidermy

Materials

Animal Skin

Law and Strength by Arnaldo Zocchi
By Arnoldo Zocchi
Located in New Orleans, LA
, depict a muscular figure draped in a lion’s skin, reminiscent of the mythological hero Hercules, and a
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Antique 19th Century Italian Neoclassical Figurative Sculptures

Materials

Bronze

18th Century Oil on Canvas Antique Italian Painting Heracles and Onfale, 1780
Located in Vicoforte, Piedmont
dressed in the skin of the lion on the left (see photo). Scene representing the famous mythological tale
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Antique Late 18th Century Italian Paintings

Materials

Canvas

Christofle "Lion s Skin" cutlery set by Charles Rossigneux
By Charles-François Rossigneux
Located in Autonomous City Buenos Aires, CABA
Christofle "Lion Skin" Cutlery by Charles Rossigneux Christofle lion skin cutlery designed by
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Antique 19th Century French Napoleon III Sheffield and Silverplate

Materials

Metal

Cast bronze sculpture of Pan by Ferdinand Barbedienne, 1875-1900
By Ferdinand Barbedienne
Located in Kenilworth, IL
Cast and patinated bronze figure of Pan, leaning on a stone column, partially draped in a lion
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Antique Late 19th Century French Figurative Sculptures

Materials

Bronze

Grand Tour Standing Hercules Bronze
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
serpent, lion skin and club, His upright arm is holding a missing element, possibly a torch. Very heavy
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Antique 19th Century European Grand Tour Figurative Sculptures

Materials

Bronze

American Pan of Rohallion bronze fountain
By Frederick William MacMonnies
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
fish spouts… The boy’s head is topped with the head of a lion skin.. and a lion skin wrapping around
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Vintage 1920s American American Empire Fountains

Materials

Bronze

Silver Sculpture "Hercules and the Nemean Lion" Russian, circa 1908-1926
Located in Miami Beach, FL
lion skin as his own armor.
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Early 20th Century Russian Classical Roman Figurative Sculptures

Materials

Granite, Silver

19th Century Classic Chased Bronze Figure of Pan or Dancer on Carved Wood Base
Located in Miami, FL
perhaps in Bacchanalia. Flutes, laurel scepter raised, lion skin cloak, floral head garland and exquisite
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Antique 19th Century Classical Roman Figurative Sculptures

Materials

Bronze

18th Century French Louis XVI Gilt Bronze Cartel Wall Clock Signed Gilles Laine
By Gilles Laine
Located in Vancouver, British Columbia
with goat’s heads, and draped lion’s skins; below the dial is a large lion’s head mask. The tapered
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Antique Late 18th Century French Louis XVI Wall Clocks

Materials

Bronze

Ancient Greek Alexander the Great Tetradrachm Coin in Custom 22-Kt Gold Pendant
Located in Atlanta, GA
coin features the head of Heracles clad in lion's skin knotted about the neck. On the reverse side
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Antique 15th Century and Earlier Greek Collectible Jewelry

Materials

Gold, Silver

Pair of French 19th Century Louis XVI Style Ormolu Three-Arm Sconces
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
the center is a richly chased Hercules wearing a skinned lion. The three S scrolled arms display
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Antique 19th Century French Louis XVI Wall Lights and Sconces

Materials

Ormolu

Late 19th Century German Silver Mezuzah by Adolf Mayer
Located in New York, NY
Silver Mezuzah by Adolf Mayer, Germany, circa 1890. Decorated with a bolt lion head on the top
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Antique Late 19th Century German Religious Items

Materials

Silver

Unusual Niangon Modernist Chair Covered with a Lion Skin
Located in New York, NY
Unusual niangon Modernist chair covered with a lion skin. Continental, mid 20th Century.
Category

20th Century Chairs

Trophy Size Lion Rug
Located in New York, NY
Huge Male Lion Skin
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20th Century African Decorative Objects

Materials

Bone, Fur

Beautiful Lion Panthera Leo Skin Rug Taxidermy
Located in Saint-Ouen, FR
Young male lion skin rug with full head mount, glass eyes, on a black felt backing. CITES Appendix
Category

2010s South African Taxidermy

Victorian Era Cold Painted Spelter Figural Lion Inkwell and Pen Rest Sculpture
Located in Atlanta, GA
inkwell depicting a roaring lion with front paws crossed and a lion skin rug that serves as a pen rest or
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Early 20th Century Austrian Anglo-Indian Inkwells

Materials

Spelter

Very Nice Biscuit of Bacchus, 18th Century
By Niderviller Porcelain Manufactory
Located in Nice, Cote d Azur
Bacchus standing, carry on his shoulder a jar, he wears a lion skin belt. Signed on the base
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Antique 18th Century and Earlier French Figurative Sculptures

Architectural Cast Iron Sculpture
Located in Long Island City, NY
A heroic scale cast iron female head cloaked in a lion skin, possibly produced as a capital for a
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Antique 19th Century French Sculptures

Pair Cast Bronze Warwick Vases
Located in Rancho Santa Fe, CA
A fabulous pair of cast bronze Warwick Vases, decorated with masks, vine leaves and lion skins
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Antique 19th Century Sculptures

Materials

Bronze

Young God with an Amphora Candlestick Lamp
Located in Fairfax, VA
A Classic bronze candlestick lamp, a young god holing an Amphora and sitting on a lion skin which
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Antique Late 19th Century French Table Lamps

Materials

Bronze

Pair of early 19th Century carved wood candlesticks
Located in Bantam, CT
stylized lion skin toga holding up a candle holder painted to resemble bronze.
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Antique 19th Century Italian Sculptures

Materials

Wood

Italian Art Deco Sculpture of a Lady Upon a Sphinx by F Masini
Located in London, GB
highlighted headpiece and waistband, with a lion skin rug draped over the sphinx. Signed to the back 'F Masini
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Early 20th Century Italian Figurative Sculptures

Materials

Alabaster

Italian Art Nouveau Alabaster and Bronze Sculpture, Signed by Artist, circa 1900
Located in Redding, CA
expert artist. I love the lion skin involved in the design. We have not seen this model before and
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Early 20th Century Italian Art Nouveau Sculptures

Materials

Alabaster, Bronze

Pair Of Antique Bronze Centaurs With Putti
Located in Woodbury, CT
behind his hack, the other with his right arm raised and his left arm holding a cloak of lion skin, Each
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Antique 19th Century Italian Sculptures

Materials

Bronze

Bronze "the Scribe"
By Émile Louis Picault
Located in Woodbury, CT
) COLD PAINTED AND RICHLY PATINATED. HE WEARS A HEADDRESS, A LION SKIN OVER HIS SHOULDER, AN AMULET
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Early 20th Century French Egyptian Revival Sculptures

Materials

Bronze

Pair of Grand Tour Bronze Centaurs after the Furetti Centaurs
Located in Chicago, IL
in pain or uplifted in joy. The young centaur with lion skin measures 5 7/8"w x 7 5/8"h x 3"d
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Antique 19th Century Italian Sculptures

Ducel Foundry Cast Iron Figure the Faun with Pipes, French circa 1870
Located in Richebourg, Yvelines
, standing naked except for a fig leaf and playing a flute, next to a pedestal draped with a lion skin, on
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Antique 19th Century French Statues

Materials

Iron

Pair of French Boulle Napoleon III Side Cabinets with Bronze Gilt Mounts
Located in Macclesfield, GB
Nemean lion skin masks with decorative corner mounts. The front of the cabinets have a beautifully inlaid
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Antique Late 19th Century French Louis XIV Cabinets

Materials

Brass, Bronze

Penwork Sewing Box
Located in Northampton, United Kingdom
managed to kill the Nemean lion by strangling it and afterwards wore the lions skin. This Penwork
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Antique 19th Century British Boxes

Materials

Wood

20th Century Classical Roman Marble Sculpture of Emperor Commodus as Hercules
Located in Roma, IT
given the attributes of the hero: the lion skin placed over his head, the club placed in his right hand
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20th Century Italian Classical Roman Figurative Sculptures

Materials

Onyx, Statuary Marble

Art Nouveau Bronze Sculpture of a Naked Woman, Salammbo by Calendi Armando
By Armando Calendi
Located in Brussels, BE
. She is smiling while standing on a lion's skin. Gilt bronze. Signed on the terrace. Art Nouveau period
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Antique Early 1900s Italian Art Nouveau Figurative Sculptures

Materials

Bronze

19th Century Torso Belvedere Italian Sculpture in Marble
Located in Roma, IT
lion, recent studieshave identified the skin as that of a panther, occasioning other identifications
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Antique 19th Century Italian Classical Greek Figurative Sculptures

Materials

Statuary Marble

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