LION ATTACK!

Curated by

Dylan K.

ROAR! Just look at all these lions: lions attacking people, people attacking lions, lions attacking animals, people with lion heads, people wearing lion skins, lions roaring, lions sitting down, lions on the prowl, lions roaming around... You get the idea. Lions!

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"Aegis" with the head of Sakhmet — "Aegis" with the head of Sakhmet Title

ca. 900-750 BC (Third Intermediate) Period

57.540 Accession

aegis, gold, creature, artwork Tags

Aged Herakles — Aged Herakles Title

Roman copy: 1st century BC-AD 1st century; Greek original: 3rd century BC (Hellenistic) Period

54.764 Accession

hercules, bronze Tags

Appliqué: Head of a Lion — Appliqué: Head of a Lion Title

ca. 380-342 BC (Late Period) Period

48.494 Accession

lion, meaning Tags

Aquamanile in the Form of a Lion — Aquamanile in the Form of a Lion Title

late 13th or early 14th century (Late Medieval) Period

53.25 Accession

judaica, lion, creature Tags

Box with Lion, Dog, and Duck Mosaic — Box with Lion, Dog, and Duck Mosaic Title

mid 19th century Period

43.32 Accession

lion, box, gold, glass, mosaic, creature Tags

Buddhist Guardian Lion (Shishi) — Buddhist Guardian Lion (Shishi) Title

13th-14th century (Kamakura) Period

61.182 Accession

creature Tags

Cameo with a Lion — Cameo with a Lion Title

ca. 1500-1625 (Renaissance) Period

42.139 Accession

Casket with Scenes of Ancient Lion Hunts — Casket with Scenes of Ancient Lion Hunts Title

ca. 1547 (Renaissance) Period

44.135 Accession

creature Tags

Ceiling Tile (socarrat) with a Lion's Head — Ceiling Tile (socarrat) with a Lion's Head Title

1490-1550 (Early Modern) Period

48.2106.5 Accession

Comb with Lions and Geometric Designs — Comb with Lions and Geometric Designs Title

6th-5th century BC Period

71.495 Accession

lion Tags

Combined Fore-parts of Lion/Apis Bull — Combined Fore-parts of Lion/Apis Bull Title

664-332 BC (Late Period) Period

48.1747 Accession

Dish with Lion Hunt — Dish with Lion Hunt Title

ca. 1520-1547 (Renaissance) Period

48.1499 Accession

Drinking Bowl — Drinking Bowl Title

ca. 1690 (Early Modern) Period

44.626 Accession

Earring with Lion-Griffin Head — Earring with Lion-Griffin Head Title

4th-3rd century BC (Hellenistic) Period

57.1732 Accession

lion Tags

Figurine ("Okimono") of a Lion with a Ball — Figurine ("Okimono") of a Lion with a Ball Title

mid 19th century (Edo) Period

49.1757 Accession

creature Tags

Fu-Lion with Brocaded Ball — Fu-Lion with Brocaded Ball Title

1662-1900 Period

49.1902 Accession

Fu-Lion with Cub — Fu-Lion with Cub Title

1662-1900 Period

49.1901 Accession

Fuchi with Crouching Lions — Fuchi with Crouching Lions Title

1870 (Meiji) Period

51.1205.2 Accession

lion, creature Tags

Guardian Lion — Guardian Lion Title

ca. 10th century (Dvaravati) Period

25.230 Accession

creature, lion Tags

Handle Depicting a Lion and a Tigress Attacking a Bull — Handle Depicting a Lion and a Tigress Attacking a Bull Title

400-30 BC (Classical) Period

54.872 Accession

creature Tags

Head of a Lion — Head of a Lion Title

664-525 BC (?) (Late Period (?)) Period

22.49 Accession

Herakles — Herakles Title

1st-2nd century (Imperial) Period

54.1000 Accession

Hercules and the Nemean Lion — Hercules and the Nemean Lion Title

1640-1660 (Baroque) Period

71.388 Accession

Jar with Fu-lion Cover — Jar with Fu-lion Cover Title

mid 16th century (Muromachi) Period

49.1121 Accession

creature Tags

Kashira with Chinese-style Lion — Kashira with Chinese-style Lion Title

ca. 1800 (Edo) Period

51.1438 Accession

creature Tags

Kozuka with Chinese Lion — Kozuka with Chinese Lion Title

1670-1733 (Edo) Period

51.799 Accession

Kozuka with Lion Dancers — Kozuka with Lion Dancers Title

18th-19th centuries (Edo) Period

51.691 Accession

Large Lion — Large Lion Title

early 1830s Period

37.827 Accession

lion, watercolor, creature, animal Tags

Lion — Lion Title

6th century BC (Archaic) Period

54.89 Accession

creature Tags

Lion — Lion Title

332-30 BC (Greco-Roman) Period

48.1538 Accession

Lion — Lion Title

19th century Period

27.166 Accession

lion, animal, bronze, sculpture Tags

Lion Attacking a Boar — Lion Attacking a Boar Title

1834-1838 Period

37.2228 Accession

lion, bear, animals, drawing, boar Tags

Lion Attacking a Horse — Lion Attacking a Horse Title

model: 1580-1589; cast: early 18th century Period

54.669 Accession

jesus, creature Tags

Lion Devouring a Boar — Lion Devouring a Boar Title

19th century Period

27.83 Accession

lion, boar, death, animals, scultpure, bronze Tags

Lion Devouring a Doe — Lion Devouring a Doe Title

1837 Period

27.39 Accession

lion, deer, animals, death, sculpture, bronze Tags

Lion Devouring an Antelope — Lion Devouring an Antelope Title

1835 Period

27.117 Accession

creature, lion, antelope, animals, death, sculpture, bronze Tags

Lion Devouring an Elephant — Lion Devouring an Elephant Title

19th century Period

27.82 Accession

lion Tags

Lion Pedestal with Attendant — Lion Pedestal with Attendant Title

16th century Period

49.221 Accession

Lion Terminal from an Armlet — Lion Terminal from an Armlet Title

ca. 9th-8th century BC Period

57.1558 Accession

lion, creature Tags

Lion and Lioness — Lion and Lioness Title

19th century Period

27.89 Accession

lions, animals, sculpture, bronze Tags

Lion and Lioness Attacking a Wild Boar — Lion and Lioness Attacking a Wild Boar Title

modeled: ca. 1875; cast: after 1882 Period

54.2472 Accession

creature, lions, animals, death, eating, action, sculpture, bronze Tags

Lion and Python — Lion and Python Title

ca. 1863 Period

37.831 Accession

lion, snake, animals, watercolor Tags

Lion and Serpent — Lion and Serpent Title

ca. 1840 Period

37.829 Accession

lion, snake, animals, watercolor Tags

Lion and Serpent (No. 2) — Lion and Serpent (No. 2) Title

issued ca. 1858 Period

27.92 Accession

lion, snake, sculpture, bronze, animals Tags

Lion and Serpent No. 3 (sketch) — Lion and Serpent No. 3 (sketch) Title

modeled ca. 1832 Period

27.87 Accession

lion, serpent, dnake, snake, animals, bronze, sculpture Tags

Lion and Serpent, No. 2 — Lion and Serpent, No. 2 Title

ca. 1850 Period

27.157 Accession

lion, snake, animals, bronze, sculpture Tags

Lion and Serpent, Number 3 — Lion and Serpent, Number 3 Title

1832 Period

27.81 Accession

lion, snake, animals, bronze, sculpture Tags

Lion and Snake — Lion and Snake Title

ca. 1832 Period

27.548 Accession

creature, lion, snake, scultpure, animals, terracotta Tags

Lion and Tortoise — Lion and Tortoise Title

1835 Period

37.1220 Accession

lion, tortoise, drawing, animals, line Tags

Lion at Rest — Lion at Rest Title

ca. 1850s-1860s Period

37.816 Accession

lion, blackandwhite, watercolor, animal Tags