AN EGYPTIAN PLASTER LION

DYNASTY XXX TO PTOLEMAIC PERIOD, 380-30 B.C.

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AN EGYPTIAN PLASTER LION
Dynasty XXX to Ptolemaic Period, 380-30 B.C.
Depicted frontally with a majestic head, the almond-shaped lidded eyes beneath modeled brows, the nose triangular, the cheeks and muzzle rounded, the mane rendered with curved locks, the ears with projecting tufts of hair, the stylized body with stubby forepaws, traces of original pigment preserved throughout, notches and ledges at the rear, the head pierced three times for attachment
19 in. (45.5 cm) high

Provenance

American Private Collection, 1980s

Lot Essay

For the use of a lion on a bier in The Egyptian Museum, Cairo, see no. 40 in Grimm, Kunst der Ptolemäer- und Römerzeit im Ägyptischen Museum Kairo. For the style of the lion itself see no. 95, pp. 178-179 in The Metropolitan Museum of Art, The Vatican Collections, The Papacy and Art.

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