Object Description
A bronze casket in the form of a pillar merged with a lion head, mane and paw. It stands on the lion’s foot, and rises to a pillar with a square-section lug above. A geometric motif consisting of ‘x’ cover the front face of the pillar above the head. The side reveals a curvature in the pillar behind the lion body. The reverse is bare. Some patination visible.
Date: Circa 1st – 2nd Century AD