Lot 20
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AN EGYPTIAN INDURATED LIMESTONE LION
AN EGYPTIAN INDURATED LIMESTONE LION
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PROPERTY FROM A PRINCELY COLLECTION
AN EGYPTIAN INDURATED LIMESTONE LION

PTOLEMAIC-ROMAN PERIOD, CIRCA 332 B.C.-100 A.D.

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AN EGYPTIAN INDURATED LIMESTONE LION
PTOLEMAIC-ROMAN PERIOD, CIRCA 332 B.C.-100 A.D.
20 in. (50.8 cm.) long
Provenance
with Royal Athena Galleries, New York, 1986.
James W. and Marilynn Alsdorf Collection, Chicago, acquired form the above in 1987.
Property from the Alsdorf Collection, Sotheby's, New York, 4 June 1998, lot 74.

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Lot Essay

Recumbent on an integral base, tail curled around the right hind leg and with incised mane, this statue was most likely once one of a pair, originally placed to act as guardian statues at a temple or tomb complex.

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