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Faience appliqué in the form of a horned lion

Faience appliqué in the form of a horned lion





Artist : Anonymous

Model : Lion

Date : approx. between 530 and 500 B.C.

Material : Earthenware
Acquisition : Lent by Dr. and Mrs. Lewis M. Dubroff (1999)
Item 17 on 197
Greek Antiquities
Sculpture

Vitrine : V02

Area related
Grèce antique Est (Greece)

Description   

This object illustrates the ingenuity of the Greek craftsmen, who borrowed freely from Near Eastern and Egyptian arts.
Faience appliqué in the form of a horned lion
Anonyme
Lion