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Lion Holding Vessel
Unknown525-404 B.C.E.
Brooklyn Museum
Brooklyn, New York City, United States
Banded alabaster statuette of seated lion, in round, supporting in his front paws an alabastron. On haunches, neck and front legs of lion, depressions of Achaemenid form, originally inlaid. Head of lion turned toward spectator. Condition: Top of alabastron missing, all inlays lost.
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Details
- Title: Lion Holding Vessel
- Creator: Unknown
- Date Created: 525-404 B.C.E.
- Type: Sculpture
- Rights: Charles Edwin Wilbour Fund
- External Link: http://www.brooklynmuseum.org/opencollection/objects/3594/Lion_Holding_Vessel
- Medium: Banded Egyptian alabaster
- Possible place collected: Leontopolis, Egypt
- Period: Late Period
- Dynasty: XXVII Dynasty
- Dimensions: 4 x 4 3/4 x 2 in. (10.2 x 12.1 x 5.1 cm)
- Collection: Egyptian, Classical, Ancient Near Eastern Art
- Accession number: 53.223
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