1921.10: Sculptor's Model, Head of a Lion
Sculpture
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Identification and Creation
- Object Number
- 1921.10
- Title
- Sculptor's Model, Head of a Lion
- Classification
- Sculpture
- Work Type
- sculpture
- Date
- 3rd-1st century BCE
- Period
- Ptolemaic period
- Culture
- Egyptian
- Persistent Link
- https://hvrd.art/o/292583
Physical Descriptions
- Medium
- Limestone
- Dimensions
- 6.8 x 6.3 x 4.2 cm (2 11/16 x 2 1/2 x 1 5/8 in.)
Acquisition and Rights
- Credit Line
- Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Gift of the Demotte Gallery, Paris
- Accession Year
- 1921
- Object Number
- 1921.10
- Division
- Asian and Mediterranean Art
- Contact
- am_asianmediterranean@harvard.edu
- Permissions
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Descriptions
- Description
- This is a finely carved head of a lion with grid marks visible on flat back. The eyes are inset and the whiskers are indicated by five incised lines. The mane is cursorily carved. Possibly Ptolemaic,
Verification Level
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