ClassificationsGreek and Roman Art
Lion's Head Antefix
AAT Object Form/Functionapplied decoration
AAT Object Form/Functionlion's head (motif)
AAT Object Form/Functionantefixes
CultureGreek, Tarentine
Date5th Century BCE
MediumCeramic, pigment
Credit LineGift of Andrés Mata Osorio
Dimensions7 1/4 in. (18.4 cm)
Object number2016.022.001
Exhibition HistoryMCCM Permanent Collection Reinstallation, September 2004 - PresentProvenanceWith Robert Hecht (1919-2012), New York, New York and Paris, France by 2001. Thence by descent. Ex coll. Andrés Mata Osorio, purchased from Elizabeth Hecht, New York, New York, December 2013.
Status
On viewCollections
- Greek and Roman Art
6th Century BCE
1st-3rd Century CE
late 6th Century BCE
early 6th Century BCE
late 6th Century BCE
late 6th Century BCE
late 6th Century BCE
late 6th Century BCE
late 6th Century BCE
8th-7th Century BCE
