Lion-Head Relief Attachment
2nd-3rd century CE
Dimensions
17.4 x 17.8 x 4.5 cm (6 7/8 x 7 x 1 3/4 in.)
Provenance
Unknown; possibly London Market. W. C. Burriss Young, Cambridge, MA, bequest; to the Harvard University Art Museums, 2002.
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