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Source Description
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.
Scholar Source Context
Document identity
localId
13706
label
Lion's Head Finial
core
obj
dtoType
object
citationUrl
pageCount
1
Source metadata
id
13706
sourceUrl
contentType
object
stage
normalized
title
Lion's Head Finial
description
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.
provenance
Don Marcello Massarenti Collection, Rome [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; Henry Walters, Baltimore, 1902, by purchase; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.
date
1st-2nd century (Roman Imperial)
citationUrl
rightsUri
CC0
language
en
genreSpecific
finials
handles
knives (cutting tools)
imageCount
1
pageCount
1
source
import
dimensionsRaw
H: 2 3/8 in. (6.1 cm)
Source extras
cul
Roman
med
bone
creator_ids
6191
collection_ids
ROM
exhibition_ids
none
Single page context
seq
1
pageIndex
0
type
photo
mediaId
7fe2685e7b3ae962