Frieze with a Lion and a Leopard Attacking Animals
On the left side of this relief, an Asiatic lion attacks a gazelle, while a rabbit tries to jump away from the gazelle's forelegs. On the right, a leopard jumps down from rocks onto the back of an ibex; a small rodent flees the hoofs of the ibex. Birds in the branches of acaci...
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76505
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Imam Ahmed, King of Yemen; Dr. Giraud Foster, Baltimore, 1961, by gift; [The piece was housed in the palace of the Imam, and was lost upon the Egyptian invasion of Yemen in September 1962 after the death of the Imam. It appeared again in London where it was sold by Sotheby's]; Sotheby's, London, between 1963 and 1971; Giraud and Carolyn Foster, Baltimore, between 1963 and 1971, by purchase; Walters Art Museum, 2008, by gift.
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en
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4
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| sourceUrl | https://purl.thewalters.org/art/21.71 |
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