Reclining Lion

3rd-1st century BC (Greco-Roman)

3.8 cm 1.8 cm 1.6 cm

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The reclining lion has a raised head and a closed mouth. His left front paw rests on top of his right front paw. His tail is curved around the right side of his hip. The bottom of the figurine has two round holes which were used to fix the figure on top of a base of a staff.

Artifact

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3996
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object
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normalized
provenance
provenance
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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6
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sourceUrl https://purl.thewalters.org/art/48.1650

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