Lion's Head Handle

Description Conservation Exhibitions Provenance Credit

Description This handle is from the vase of a lamp, with leaves at the back of the head instead of a mane.

Conservation

Date	Description	Narrative
6/10/1983	Treatment	cleaned

Exhibitions

Designed for Use: Ancient Industrial Arts. The Walters Art Gallery, Baltimore. 1983.

Provenance Dikran Kelekian, New York and Paris [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; Henry Walters, Baltimore, 1913, by purchase; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.

Credit Acquired by Henry Walters, 1913

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Creator

Greek (Artist)

Period

3rd century BC (Hellenistic)

Medium

bronze
(Metal)

Accession Number

54.597

Measurements

L: 3 7/16 in. (8.7 cm)

Geography

Egypt, Mitrahina (Place of Discovery)

Location Within Museum

Not On View