Head of a Lion
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 li...
Artifact
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12679
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object
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normalized
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provenance
William T. / Henry Walters Collection, Baltimore [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.
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CC0
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| language |
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en
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1
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import
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| thumbnailUrl | https://art.thewalters.org/images/art/PL2_71.496_Fnt_BW_H72-tms.jpg |
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| largeImageUrl | https://art.thewalters.org/images/art/PL2_71.496_Fnt_BW_H72-tms.jpg |
| iiifBase | https://art.thewalters.org/images/art/PL2_71.496_Fnt_BW_H72-tms.jpg |
| imageCount | 1 |
| sourceUrl | https://purl.thewalters.org/art/71.496 |
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