Furniture element carved in the round with the head of a roaring lion

Unknown Artist

ca. 9th–8th century BCE

Furniture element carved in the round with the head of a roaring lion by Unknown Artist

Medium

Ivory

Dimensions

H. 3 3/4 x W. 3 x D. 2 3/4in. (9.5 x 7.6 x 6.9cm)

Classification

Ivory/Bone-Sculpture

Culture & Period

Assyrian · Neo-Assyrian

Department

Ancient Near Eastern Art

Museum

Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY

Credit

Rogers Fund, 1962

Accession Number

62.269.1

Tags

Lions

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