Statue
| Object Number: | 59-24-1 |
|---|---|
| Current Location: |
Etruscan Italy Gallery Currently On Display |
| Culture: | Etruscan |
| Provenience: | Italy Etruria Vulci |
| Date Made: | 5th c. BCE |
| Section: | Mediterranean |
| Materials: | Nenfro Tufa |
| Iconography: | Winged Lion |
| Height: | 62.5 cm |
| Width: | 28.6 cm |
| Credit Line: | Purchased from George Allen, 1959 |
| Other Number: | L-403-11 - Old Loan Number |
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.
Current & Past Exhibitions:
| Classical World - Etruscan World (15 Mar 2003) | View Objects in Exhibition |
| Classical Gallery: Etruscan (1975 - 2000) | View Objects in Exhibition |
| Philadelphia Collects: Ancient and Primitive Art in Philadelphia Collections (05 May 1959 - 05 Sep 1959) | View Objects in Exhibition |
Bibliography:
| [Catalogue, Exhibition] Turfa, Jean M. 2005. Catalogue of the Etruscan Gallery of the University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology.. Philadelphia. University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology. Actual Citation : Page/Fig./Plate: p. 41, fig. 28; pp. 217-218, no. 229 | View Objects related to this Actual Citation |
| [Catalogue, Exhibition] Turfa, Jean M., and Romano, Irene B., and Brownlee, Ann B., and White, Donald J. 2002. Guide to the Etruscan and Roman Worlds at the University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology.. Philadelphia. University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology. Actual Citation : Page/Fig./Plate: p. 27, no. 43 | View Objects related to this Actual Citation |
| [Catalogue, Collection] 1965. Guide to the Collections, The University Museum.. Philadelphia. The University Museum. pg. 1-167 Actual Citation : Page/Fig./Plate: p. 59 | View Objects related to this Actual Citation |
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