Figure of a Running Leopard or Panther
Description
Catalogue description: Culture Possibly Egypto-Roman Caption: Possibly Egypto-Roman. Figure of a Running Leopard or Panther, 2nd century C.E.. Bronze, 1 15/16 × 1 3/8 × 3 7/16 in. (5 × 3.5 × 8.7 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Gift of Evangeline Wilbour Blashfield, Theodora Wilbour, and Victor Wilbour honoring the wishes of their mother, Charlotte Beebe Wilbour, as a memorial to their father, Charles Edwin Wilbour, 16.393. (Photo: Brooklyn Museum)
AI image analysis GPT-4o-2024-08-06
Machine-generated from the object's image on May 2026. Not curatorial; treat deities, names, and signs below as the model's best reading, not authority.
A bronze figure of a leaping animal, likely a panther or similar feline.
The artifact is a bronze statuette depicting a leaping feline, likely from an ancient Egyptian context. The figure is characterized by its elongated form and dynamic pose, capturing the essence of movement. The attention to anatomical detail, such as the muscular depiction of the body and facial features, suggests skilled craftsmanship. Its style appears consistent with small, finely-cast animal representations seen in various historical periods of Egypt.
Cross-references (2)
- BKM-Accession 16.393 tier-2
- BKM-Object 9645 tier-2
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- From the source institution — accession, description, dimensions, and dating are as catalogued by Brooklyn Museum — Egyptian, Classical, Ancient Near Eastern Art.
- AI-inferred — the image-analysis panel (deities, names, signs) is machine-generated and may be wrong.
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