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Title: Forepart of a leopard
Period: Parthian
Date: ca. 3rd century BCE–3rd century CE
Geography: Iran
Culture: Parthian
Medium: Bronze
Dimensions: 4.21 in. (10.69 cm)
Credit Line: Gift of Joseph W. Drexel, 1889
Object Number: 89.2.553
“Animal Art from the Ancient Near East,” Queens College of the City University of New York, November–December 1968.
“Riches of Glorious Kingdoms – Precious Objects from Persia,” The Jewish Museum, New York, March 5, 1969–April 13, 1969.
“5000 Years of Art: A Loan from the Metropolitan Museum of Art to the Whatcom Museum of History and Art.” Whatcom Museum of History and Art, Bellingham, Washington, December 4, 1976–October 2, 1977.
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