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Lion Head Spout
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Terracotta waterspout very finely modeled as the head of a lion with deep set eyes and open mouth. The back is rectangular and partly broken.
Department of Ancient and Byzantine Art & Numismatics
David M. Robinson Baltimore MD (by 1960) bequest; to Fogg Art Museum 1960.
Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum Bequest of David M. Robinson
Title: Lion Head Spout
Description:
Terracotta waterspout very finely modeled as the head of a lion with deep set eyes and open mouth.
The back is rectangular and partly broken.
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