An Italian painted, parcel-gilt and patinated bronze carved wooden group 19th century, inscribed GNOZZI 84

the standing figure of a lion with the head and pelt of an antelope on its back, the tail forming a serpent; raised on a later shaped plinth base.

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This carving of the mythical Chimera is based upon an Etruscan bronze model, dated to the fifth century BC and conserved in the Archaeological Museum in Florence.