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Source Description
This plaque was used as an attachment for a piece of furniture or a box. The head of the lion is carefully molded, and the structure of the mane incised. Lions were connected to the king, and were also a manifestation of the horizon.
Scholar Source Context
Document identity
localId
9252
label
Appliqué: Head of a Lion
core
obj
dtoType
object
citationUrl
pageCount
1
Source metadata
id
9252
sourceUrl
contentType
object
stage
normalized
title
Appliqué: Head of a Lion
description
This plaque was used as an attachment for a piece of furniture or a box. The head of the lion is carefully molded, and the structure of the mane incised. Lions were connected to the king, and were also a manifestation of the horizon.
provenance
William MacGregor, Tamworth, Staffordshire; Sale, Sotheby, Wilkinson & Hodge, London, June 26-29 and July 4-6, 1922, no. 324; Dikran Kelekian, New York and Paris, 1922, by purchase; Henry Walters, Baltimore, 1923, by purchase; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.
date
ca. 380-342 BCE (Late Period)
citationUrl
rightsUri
CC0
language
en
genreSpecific
Ceramics
figurines
plaques
imageCount
1
pageCount
1
source
import
dimensions
units
cm
width
4.7
height
4.2
depth
2.2
dimensionsRaw
1 13/16 x 1 11/16 x 7/8 in. (4.7 x 4.2 x 2.2 cm)
Source extras
cul
Egyptian
dynasty
30th Dynasty
med
faience with light blue glaze
creator_ids
6182
collection_ids
EGY
exhibition_ids
none
Single page context
seq
1
pageIndex
0
type
photo
mediaId
870ceb76627fc945