Statuette of a Striding Lion
4th to 3rd century B.C.E. (probably)
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Caption
Statuette of a Striding Lion, 4th to 3rd century B.C.E. (probably). Faience, 2 1/16 x 1 3/16 x 3 5/8 in. (5.2 x 3 x 9.2 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Charles Edwin Wilbour Fund, 66.173. (Photo: Brooklyn Museum)
Gallery
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Gallery
Not on view
Title
Statuette of a Striding Lion
Date
4th to 3rd century B.C.E. (probably)
Period
Late Period
Medium
Faience
Classification
Dimensions
2 1/16 x 1 3/16 x 3 5/8 in. (5.2 x 3 x 9.2 cm)
Credit Line
Charles Edwin Wilbour Fund
Accession Number
66.173
Frequent Art Questions
Could you tell me how faience was made?
Faience is a man-made mixture of "ground quartz or quartz-sand held together by and alkaline binder. The bright and shiny surface seen on this figurine is a result of glazing. The glaze was made of a form of powdered glass mixed with a liquid and applied either with a brush or by dipping the entire figurine.It gets it's blue color from copper that is mixed into or applied to the surface of the quartz body before firing.
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