Lion-head

Classification

sculpture / statue ; statuette

Culture

Roman

Dimensions

height: 14 cm

Period

Early Imperial Period (1st century)

Material

marble analysis ; Thasian marble

Iconography

lion

Present location

Budapest, Museum of Fine Arts, Collection of Classical Antiquities

Provenance

Arndt, Paul (1865–1937)

Inventory

4839

Hyp-3873

References

Hekler 1929, 147, no. 142

Marble analyses conducted by Danielle Decrouez (Geneva, Museum of Natural History) and Karl Ramseyer (University of Bern, Institute of Geological Sciences) have shown that the sculpture was made of Thasian marble. Click here for the detailed results.

This record is subject to revision due to ongoing research.