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LATE PERIOD, 664-332 B.C.
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AN EGYPTIAN BRONZE LION SUPPORT
LATE PERIOD, 664-332 B.C.
Perhaps originally part of a door, the lion represented partly in relief, partly in the round, reclining at one end of a long rectangular plinth, his head raised above his forepaws, his tail coiling along his proper right flank, with rounded ears and a tufted mane, one eye preserving gold overlay, a ledge above projecting from a flange across the lion to the back of his head
10 1/8 in. (25.7 cm.) long
LATE PERIOD, 664-332 B.C.
Perhaps originally part of a door, the lion represented partly in relief, partly in the round, reclining at one end of a long rectangular plinth, his head raised above his forepaws, his tail coiling along his proper right flank, with rounded ears and a tufted mane, one eye preserving gold overlay, a ledge above projecting from a flange across the lion to the back of his head
10 1/8 in. (25.7 cm.) long
Provenance
Belgian Collection, 1970s.
Literature
E. Gubel, Van Nijl tot Schelde - Du Nil 'l'Escaut, Brussels, 1991, no. 327.
Exhibited
Brussels, Banque Bruxelles Lambert, Van Nijl tot Schelde - Du Nil 'l'Escaut,1991.