Bone Lion Head Protome with Glass Eyes in the Metropolitan Museum of Art, December 2010

Bone lion's head protome with glass eyes

Period: Early Imperial

Date: 1st century A.D.

Culture: Roman

Medium: bone and glass

Dimensions: 4 1/4 in. wide (12.1 cm)

Classification: Miscellaneous-Bone, Ivory

Credit Line: Gift of Malcolm Wiener, on the occasion of the reinstallation of the Greek and Roman galleries, 2006

Accession Number: 2006.514.1

Description:

This protome is very similar to the four that decorate the couch displayed in the adjacent Roman Imperial Gallery. The lion's head, however, is more rounded in shape and the glass eyes are better preserved and more realistic.

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