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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 - Present

ProvenanceWith 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 view

Collections

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