The Cleveland Museum of Art

Collection Online as of January 26, 2021

Lion Head

664-332 BC

Egypt, Late Period, Dyansty 26 or later

Glassy faience

Overall: 3 x 2.8 x 3 cm (1 3/16 x 1 1/8 x 1 3/16 in.)

The A. W. Ellenberger, Sr., Endowment Fund 1974.87

Location

107 Egyptian

Description

Roaring lions are rare in Egyptian art. They are, however, a common fixture in Persian art, from which the lion head in this case undoubtedly takes its stylistic cue.

Citations
Cleveland Museum of Art, and Jenifer Neils. The World of Ceramics: Masterpieces from the Cleveland Museum of Art. Cleveland: The Museum in cooperation with Indiana University Press, 1982. Mentioned and reproduced: p. 8, fig. 10
Berman, Lawrence M., and Kenneth J. Bohač. Catalogue of Egyptian Art: The Cleveland Museum of Art. Cleveland, OH: Cleveland Museum of Art, 1999 Reproduced and Mentioned: p. 439
Exhibition history

CMA, 11 March-6 April, 1975, The Year in Review for 1974, cat.: CMA Bulletin 62, no. 3 (March 1975), no. 5; CMA 1982, no. 10 (entry by Arielle P. Kozloff)

The Cleveland Museum of Art (5/10/98 - 7/5/98); Museum of Art, Rhode Island School of Design (8/25/98 - 1/3/99). "Gifts of the Nile: Ancient Egyptian Faience," not in exh. cat.

Year in Review: 1974. The Cleveland Museum of Art (organizer) (March 11-April 6, 1975).

Gifts of the Nile: Ancient Egyptian Faience. The Cleveland Museum of Art (May 10-July 5, 1998); Museum of Art, Rhode Island School of Design, RI (August 25, 1998-January 3, 1999).

Source URL: https://cmaweb23-bbn-2.clevelandart.org/art/1974.87