Sculptor's Model of a Lion

Egyptian (Artist)

ca. 380-343 BCE (Late Period, 30th dynasty)

limestone
(Ancient Egypt and Nubia )

This statuette of a resting lion was most probably used as a donation into a temple or shrine.

Provenance

**Provenance (from the French provenir, 'to come from/forth') is the chronology of the ownership, custody, or location of a historical object. Learn more about provenance at the Walters.**

[Found at Dendera, Egypt]; Dikran Kelekian, New York and Paris [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; Henry Walters, Baltimore, 1912, by purchase; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.

Exhibitions

2013-2014	Egypt’s Mysterious Book of the Faiyum. The Walters Art Museum, Baltimore.
2005-2006	Ägypten Griechenland Rom: Abwehr und Berührung. Staedtische Galerie Liebieghaus, Frankfurt am Main.

Conservation

Date	Description	Narrative
	Examination	Examined
	Examination	Examined in preparation for exhibition.
9/1/1972	Treatment	cleaned
9/6/1972	Treatment	cleaned
8/17/1998	Examination	survey
10/7/1998	Treatment	cleaned
5/4/2004	Loan Consideration	examined for loan

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Geographies

Egypt (Place of Origin)

Measurements

H: 5 1/16 x W: 8 7/8 x D: 4 1/8 in. (12.8 x 22.5 x 10.4 cm)

Credit Line

Acquired by Henry Walters, 1912

Location in Museum

Centre Street: Second Floor: Egyptian Art

Accession Number

In libraries, galleries, museums, and archives, an accession number is a unique identifier assigned to each object in the collection.

22.40

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