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Source Description
The lion's face is from a couch. Four pieces of bone form the lion's face; missing are pieces that would have completed the mouth, the chin, and the top of the head. The eyes were once inlaid with colored glass. More complete couches, found in Roman tombs in Italy show that lions' faces like this one decorated the frames of couches. Bone decorations of this type from funeral couches placed in tombs, but the couches were undoubtedly used also in real life.
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Document identity
localId
12679
label
Head of a Lion
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obj
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object
citationUrl
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1
Source metadata
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12679
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contentType
object
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normalized
title
Head of a Lion
description
The lion's face is from a couch. Four pieces of bone form the lion's face; missing are pieces that would have completed the mouth, the chin, and the top of the head. The eyes were once inlaid with colored glass. More complete couches, found in Roman tombs in Italy show that lions' faces like this one decorated the frames of couches. Bone decorations of this type from funeral couches placed in tombs, but the couches were undoubtedly used also in real life.
provenance
William T. / Henry Walters Collection, Baltimore [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.
date
1st century BCE-1st century CE (Hellenistic-Roman Imperial)
citationUrl
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CC0
language
en
genreSpecific
furniture
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1
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1
source
import
dimensions
units
cm
width
8.2
height
12
dimensionsRaw
H: 3 1/4 x W: 4 3/4 in. (8.2 x 12 cm)
Source extras
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Roman
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bone
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6191
collection_ids
ROM
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none
Single page context
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1
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0
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photo
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