Lion's Head Finial
The handle is oval in section and has a lion's head summarily carved at its end. Diagonal lines form a chevron pattern on its sides to assure a better grip. The blade is missing but was once well seated in a deep and vertical slot at the base of the handle.
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13706
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object
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normalized
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Don Marcello Massarenti Collection, Rome [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; Henry Walters, Baltimore, 1902, by purchase; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.
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CC0
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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_71.629_Lft_BW_C82.jpg |
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| largeImageUrl | https://art.thewalters.org/images/art/PL2_71.629_Lft_BW_C82.jpg |
| iiifBase | https://art.thewalters.org/images/art/PL2_71.629_Lft_BW_C82.jpg |
| imageCount | 1 |
| sourceUrl | https://purl.thewalters.org/art/71.629 |
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