*Mass of function soonta with head of feline, India, XIXth centuryBronze, club of tubular form finished of a head of feline, the half-opened mouth, the body streaked with naked bands alternating with bands with vegetable decoration. Length : 75 cmFixed on a wooden core mounted on a Plexiglas plate . Some shocks. A work with a similar treatment but completed with an elephant head, attributed to Benares, late 19th century, is preserved in the Calcutta Museum under the number R.10208/S.4596. The Wallace Collection in London holds a silver and vermeil leonine (OA 1760) attributed to Central India or the Deccan, late 18th century.