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© Michael C. Carlos Museum, Emory University
Lion
© Michael C. Carlos Museum, Emory University
© Michael C. Carlos Museum, Emory University
© Michael C. Carlos Museum, Emory University
ClassificationsAncient Egyptian Art

Lion

Place CreatedEgypt, Africa
CultureEgyptian
PeriodLate Period, Dynasty 27
Date525-404 BCE
MediumWood
Credit LineMuseum purchase through the generosity of Anne Cox Chambers
DimensionsMaximum: 4 3/4 × 4 3/8 × 1 in. (12.1 × 11.1 × 2.5 cm)
Object number2019.010.001
Published ReferencesJean-David Cahn AG, Auktion 2 (26. Juni 2000), 103, tafel 101, lot 363.
Royal-Athena Galleries, Art of the Ancient World Volume XII (2001), 119, number 360.
Royal-Athena Galleries, Art of the Ancient World Volume XXX (2019), 76, number 150.
ProvenancePossibly ex. coll Kathrine Knutzen Hartmann, Egypt and Switzerland, acquired early 20th Century. With Jerome Eisenberg (1930-2022) [Royal-Athena Galleries], New York, New York, purchased from Jean-David Cahn AG, Basel, June 26 2000, lot 363. Ex coll. E.B., Orion, Michigan, acquired from Royal-Athena, December 2000. Loaned by Royal-Athena to George Mason University, Fairfax, Virginia, 2004 - ca. 2005. Loaned by Royal-Athena to Fitchburg Art Museum, Fitchburg, Massachusetts, 2011-2016. Purchased by MCCM from Royal-Athena.
Status
Not on view
Collections
  • Ancient Egyptian, Nubian, and Near Eastern Art