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Date : approx. between 400 and 390 B.C.
Material : Marble
Acquisition : Rogers Fund (1909)
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Greek Antiquities
Sculpture
Area related
Cyclades Islands (Greece)
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Said to have been found near Porta Portese.
Marble statues of lions were sometimes used as tomb monuments or as guardians at both end of a large tomb facade. Like many classical Greek works of art, this statue was taken to Rome during the Imperial period.
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