Statue
59-24-1
Location: On Display in the Etruscan Italy Gallery
From: Italy | Etruria | Vulci
Curatorial Section: Mediterranean
Object Number | 59-24-1 |
Current Location | Etruscan Italy Gallery - On Display |
Culture | Etruscan |
Provenience | Italy | Etruria | Vulci |
Date Made | 5th c. BCE |
Section | Mediterranean |
Materials | Nenfro | Tufa |
Iconography | Winged Lion |
Description | Broken vertically behind the shoulders and horizontally across the forelegs below attachment to the body. Right ear abraded away. Some teeth missing. Pitting on the surface. Pick and shovel marks at break in back. Probably standing, head erect, wings raised. Mouth open, tongue relaxed and furrowed; eyes bulging; ruff divided into two ridges, one over forehead and one on each side of the jaws; ears closed down from top. Mane a single sharp ridge down the back of the neck. Wings: two parallel vertical planes on sides of the body. On wings: root-area outline by ridges; secondary feathers parallel sharp ridges obliquely, obliquely saw-toothed in section. Leg tenons indicated by ridges. |
Height | 62.5 cm |
Width | 28.6 cm |
Credit Line | Purchased from George Allen, 1959 |
Other Number | L-403-11 - Old Loan Number |
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