Lion-Shaped Support for a Throne

664–525 B.C.E.

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Caption

Lion-Shaped Support for a Throne, 664–525 B.C.E.. Bronze, gold, 3 1/16 x 2 3/16 in. (7.7 x 5.5 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Gift of Evangeline Wilbour Blashfield, Theodora Wilbour, and Victor Wilbour honoring the wishes of their mother, Charlotte Beebe Wilbour, as a memorial to their father, Charles Edwin Wilbour, 16.261. (Photo: Brooklyn Museum)

Title

Lion-Shaped Support for a Throne

Date

664–525 B.C.E.

Period

Late Period, Saite Period or later

Geography

Place made: Egypt, Reportedly from: Tell el-Muqdam (Leontopolis), Egypt

Medium

Bronze, gold

Classification

Sculpture

Dimensions

3 1/16 x 2 3/16 in. (7.7 x 5.5 cm)

Credit Line

Gift of Evangeline Wilbour Blashfield, Theodora Wilbour, and Victor Wilbour honoring the wishes of their mother, Charlotte Beebe Wilbour, as a memorial to their father, Charles Edwin Wilbour

Accession Number

16.261

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