Striding Lion and Eros or Dionysos in the Metropolitan Museum of Art, March 2019

Striding lion ridden by Eros or child Dionysos
early 1st century B.C.–mid 1st century A.D.


Object Details

Date: early 1st century B.C.–mid 1st century A.D.

Geography: Southwestern Arabia, Timna'

Medium: Bronze

Dimensions: H. 25 × W. 29 5/8 × D. 7 5/8 in. (63.5 × 75.2 × 19.4 cm)

Classification: Metalwork-Sculpture

Credit Line: Arthur M. Sackler Gallery, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, D.C., Gift of the American Foundation for the Study of Man (Wendell and Merilyn Phillips Collection), S2013.2.77.2


Text from: www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/757632