Lion laying on base

Classification

sculpture / statue

Culture

Roman

Dimensions

height: 21.2 cm; length: 38.7 cm

Period

Roman Imperial Period

Material

limestone

Iconography

lion

Present location

Budapest, Museum of Fine Arts, Collection of Classical Antiquities

Provenance

Beöthy, Zsolt (1848–1922); Horn, Albert Mrs. Collection

Inventory

56.72.A

Hyp-6951

References

Török 1993 I, 13–14, no. B 1

The material of this piece doesn't belong to the analyzable materials in the project of Danielle Decrouez (Geneva, Museum of Natural History) and Karl Ramseyer (University of Bern, Institute of Geological Sciences).

This record is subject to revision due to ongoing research.