Handle Depicting a Lion and a Tigress Attacking a Bull
Echoing the monumental Archaic sculpture of the Acropolis of Athens, this image symbolized power and domination. A lion and a tigress attack a bull, which has been brought to its knees. The animals' eyes are inlaid with silver. The group would have served as the handle of an e...
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25527
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Dikran Kelekian, New York and Paris [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; Henry Walters, Baltimore, 1911, by purchase; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.
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CC0
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en
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4
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| thumbnailUrl | https://art.thewalters.org/images/art/PL9_54.872_Fnt_BW_H76.jpg |
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| largeImageUrl | https://art.thewalters.org/images/art/PL9_54.872_Fnt_BW_H76.jpg |
| iiifBase | https://art.thewalters.org/images/art/PL9_54.872_Fnt_BW_H76.jpg |
| imageCount | 4 |
| sourceUrl | https://purl.thewalters.org/art/54.872 |
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