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Lion Head Protome with Open Mouth
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Fine buff tan clay, mold made lion head with locks hand retouched. The back is slightly concave, the figure is solid, projecting lower jaw indicates that this is a representation in miniature of a lion-head waterspout.
Department of Ancient and Byzantine Art & Numismatics
Purchased from G. Max Bernheimer Bernheimer Antique Arts Cambridge MA.
From Stuart Thorne by bequest.
ex. coll. Mrs.Thorne who had obtained them in Greece many years before.
Mrs. Thorne was closely involved with the American School of Classical Studies in Athens from the 1930's onwards.
Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum Marian H. Phinney Fund
Title: Lion Head Protome with Open Mouth
Description:
Fine buff tan clay, mold made lion head with locks hand retouched.
The back is slightly concave, the figure is solid, projecting lower jaw indicates that this is a representation in miniature of a lion-head waterspout.
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