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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)
Fin de la période archaïque
Metropolitan Museum of Art
Greek art at the Seventh and Sixth Century B.C.
Left - Ground Floor - Section 2
Item
17
on 197
Greek Antiquities
Sculpture (Applique)
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.
