A COPTIC WOODEN RELIEF PANEL OF A LION HUNTING TWO GAZELLES
A COPTIC WOODEN RELIEF PANEL OF A LION HUNTING TWO GAZELLES

6TH CENTURY A.D.

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A COPTIC WOODEN RELIEF PANEL OF A LION HUNTING TWO GAZELLES
6TH CENTURY A.D.
The upper part of a rectangular panel showing a lion pursuing two gazelles between leafy branches, with chamfered sides
9¼ x 19¾ in. (23.5 x 50.2 cm.)

拍品專文

A popular subject matter in Coptic art, cf. J. D. Cooney, Late Egyptian and Coptic Art, Brooklyn Museum, 1943, plate 21, for limestone relief similar.