A PLASTER-CAST OF AN ANCIENT EGYPTIAN RECUMBENT LION
A PLASTER-CAST OF AN ANCIENT EGYPTIAN RECUMBENT LION

CIRCA 1900, AFTER THE ANTIQUE

Details
A PLASTER-CAST OF AN ANCIENT EGYPTIAN RECUMBENT LION
CIRCA 1900, AFTER THE ANTIQUE
The base cast with hieroglyphics, with later indistinct inscription to reverse
43 in. (110 cm.) high; 81 in. (206 cm.) wide; 33 in. (84 cm.) deep
Provenance
Almost certainly The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York.
Literature
M. Binney, 'Aynhoe Park', Country Life, July 2008, p. 84.
J. Thornicroft, 'The House of Sculpture', Architectural Digest, Russia, October 2011, pp. 274-283.
R.Frederiksen-E.Marchand. Plaster Casts, Berlin-New York, 2010, p. 629, fig. 35.3.

Lot Essay

From the 14th century BC red granite original, now in the collection of the British Museum. This example was one of a pair which originally guarded the entrance to the Temple of Soleb in modern day Sudan which were rediscovered in Napata, Ethiopia. The cast retains the detail of various inscriptions including those of Amenhotep III and Tutankhamen illustrating its reuse by various rulers.

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