1960.497: Lion Head Spout

Identification and Creation

Object Number

1960.497

Title

Lion Head Spout

Classification

Architectural Elements

Work Type

architectural element

Date

c. 330-320 BCE

Places

Creation Place: Ancient & Byzantine World, Europe, Elis province, Olympia

Period

Hellenistic period, Early

Culture

Greek

Persistent Link

https://hvrd.art/o/290750

Physical Descriptions

Medium

Terracotta

Technique

Molded

Dimensions

22.5 cm h x 17 cm w x 20 cm d (8 7/8 x 6 11/16 x 7 7/8 in.)

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History

David M. Robinson, Baltimore, MD, (by 1960), bequest; to Fogg Art Museum, 1960.

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line

Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Bequest of David M. Robinson

Accession Year

1960

Object Number

1960.497

Division

Asian and Mediterranean Art

Contact

am_asianmediterranean@harvard.edu

Permissions

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Descriptions

Description

Terracotta waterspout very finely modeled as the head of a lion with deep set eyes and open mouth. The back is rectangular and partly broken.

Publication History

• Fogg Art Museum, The David Moore Robinson Bequest of Classical Art and Antiquities, A Special Exhibition, exh. cat., Harvard University (Cambridge, MA, 1961), p. 27, no. 210
• Stephen R. Wilk, Medusa: Solving the Mystery of the Gorgon, Oxford University Press (UK) (Oxford, NY, 2000), p. 168, figs. 9.9, 9.10

Exhibition History

• The David Moore Robinson Bequest of Classical Art and Antiquities: A Special Exhibition, Fogg Art Museum, 05/01/1961 - 09/20/1961

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