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Romano-Egyptian Boldly Carved Lion's Head 2nd-3rd C, bc browse these categories for related items... All Items: Antiques: Regional Art: Ancient World: Egyptian: Sculpture: Pre AD 1000: item # 876992 Please refer to our stock # RE-31009b when inquiring.
Wallis Gallery of Antiquities Benjamin S. F. Wallis Stouffville, Ontario. CANADA Tel. 1-416-817-9291 Guest Book Price on Request... |
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This is a lovely, lifelike sculpture in either basalt or greywacke. It's a boldly carved Romano-Egypitan sculpture depicting a lion's head. A sizable carving in a slightly green-tinged dark gray basalt or greywacke. The lion, with somewhat frowning expression and mouth agape. The sculpting material is apparently quite hard, so that the detail is kept simple, yet forceful. Perhaps once part of a cista or sarcophagus. Measures 6.25" tall, not considering the height of the permanent plinth. A wonderfully expressive fragment! From a major NY auction house, and Ex. Arte Primitivo, NYC. Provenance details to purchaser. |
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