Harvard Art Museums > 2013.12: Seated Lion Sculpture Collections Search Exit Deep Zoom Mode Zoom Out Zoom In Reset Zoom Full Screen Add to Collection Order Image Copy Link Copy Citation Citation"Seated Lion , 2013.12,” Harvard Art Museums collections online, Dec 18, 2024, https://hvrd.art/o/337000. Reuse via IIIF Toggle Deep Zoom Mode Download This object does not yet have a description. Identification and Creation Object Number 2013.12 Title Seated Lion Classification Sculpture Work Type sculpture, figurine Date 12th-13th century Places Creation Place: Middle East, Iran Period Seljuk-Atabeg period Culture Iranian Persistent Link https://hvrd.art/o/337000 Physical Descriptions Medium Fritware, opaque turquoise glaze Dimensions 40.6 x 17.8 x 33 cm (16 x 7 x 13 in.) boxed: 46.7 x 48.9 x 33.7 cm (18 3/8 x 19 1/4 x 13 1/4 in.) Provenance Recorded Ownership History Edwin Binney, 3rd, California (by 1986), bequest; to Harvard Art Museums, 2012. NOTE: Stored at the San Diego Museum of Art from some time before 1986 until 1991, then at the Los Angeles County Museum of Art from 1991-2011. Acquisition and Rights Credit Line Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum, The Edwin Binney, 3rd Collection of Turkish Art at the Harvard Art Museums Accession Year 2013 Object Number 2013.12 Division Asian and Mediterranean Art Contact am_asianmediterranean@harvard.edu Permissions The Harvard Art Museums encourage the use of images found on this website for personal, noncommercial use, including educational and scholarly purposes. To request a higher resolution file of this image, please submit an online request. Descriptions Description A free-standing, three-dimensional feline, seated on a flat base, is here rendered in ceramic and covered in opaque turquoise glaze. With no under-or over-glaze painting, the features are suggested through relief modeling. The disproportionately large head is dominated overall by the bulbous nose, muzzle, and brow ridges, and is positioned to look straight ahead through protruding triangular eyes. Closed at the center, the mouth gaps open at the corners in a grimace. The lion's tail curls under and over its left haunch. The figure is hollow and shows no openings in its present state of conservation. Related Works Straus.8753 X-radiograph(s) of "Seated Lion" Photographs Verification Level This record has been reviewed by the curatorial staff but may be incomplete. Our records are frequently revised and enhanced. For more information please contact the Division of Asian and Mediterranean Art at am_asianmediterranean@harvard.edu
