figure;
tomb
- Museum number
- 1848,1020.143.+
- Description
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Lion from a tomb.
Fragment of a colossal lion, comprising left side of face, left side of mane and part of left shoulder. The right side is split away, but the figure was probably worked in the round and may have come from a tomb.
The mouth is widely opened; the nose and lower jaw are injured. The face is sharply framed by the mane which is conventionally rendered with rows of leaf-shaped curls doubly grooved and prolonged backward along the spine; several pieces were worked separately and attached. There is a deep oblong inset where the ear was affixed; above and below this, drill-holes indicate where pieces of curls were attached; on the underside an entire row of curls was thus applied.
- Production date
- 4thC BC(early)
- Dimensions
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Height: 48.50 centimetres
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Length: 68 centimetres
- Location
- Not on display
- Condition
- Fragment, left side only.
- Acquisition date
- 1848
- Department
- Greek and Roman
- Registration number
- 1848,1020.143.+