Lot Essay
PUBLISHED:
Animals, 1996, III, no. 166.
Animals, 1996, III, no. 166.
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PTOLEMAIC PERIOD (323-30 B.C.)
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AN EGYPTIAN LIMESTONE HEAD OF A LION
PTOLEMAIC PERIOD (323-30 B.C.)
Probably a sculptor's model, naturalistically modelled, with prominent brow, the back flattened and cut away, mounted
8¼ in. (21 cm.) high
PTOLEMAIC PERIOD (323-30 B.C.)
Probably a sculptor's model, naturalistically modelled, with prominent brow, the back flattened and cut away, mounted
8¼ in. (21 cm.) high
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