© Michael C. Carlos Museum, Emory University

ClassificationsAncient Egyptian Art

Lion Applique

AAT Object Form/Functionappliqué (metalwork ornament)

AAT Object Form/Functionfigurines

Place FoundTell el-Muqdam, Egypt, Africa

CultureEgyptian

PeriodLate Period - Ptolemaic Period

Date722-30 BCE

MediumBronze

Credit LineGift of Anne Cox Chambers

Dimensions6 x 7 1/4 x 1 1/4 in. (15.2 x 18.4 x 3.2 cm)

Object number2009.009.002

Exhibition HistoryRecent Gifts of Anne Cox Chambers, Michael C. Carlos Museum, March 13 - 31, 2009
Recent Acquisitions, Michael C. Carlos Museum, March 31 - September 10, 2009
Published ReferencesEmile Chassinat, Les Antiquites egyptiennes de la Collection Fouquet (Paris, 1922), 17, number 14 (by repute).
Christie's New York, Antiquities (9 December 2008), 33, lot 30.

ProvenanceSaid to be ex coll. Daniel Marie Fouquet (1850-1914), Cairo, Egypt. With Jean-Philippe Mariaud de Serres (1994-2007) [Galerie Serres], Paris, France, 1980s. Ex private collection, Europe. Purchased by MCCM from Christie's New York.

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