3rd-1st century BCE
This is a finely carved head of a lion with grid marks visible on flat back. The eyes are inset and the whiskers are indicated by five incised lines. The mane is cursorily carved. Possibly Ptolemaic,
6.8 x 6.3 x 4.2 cm (2 11/16 x 2 1/2 x 1 5/8 in.)
Copper alloy
8th-5th century BCEScythianClay with paint
11th-10th century BCEEgyptian
Plaster
20th centuryFrenchTerracotta
RomanSteatite or chlorite
6th millennium BCETerracotta
4th-1st century BCEGreekEnameled Cizhou ware: light gray stoneware with clear glaze over white slip ground, the decoration painted in underglaze brown slip and overglaze red, green, and yellow enamels
13th-14th centuryChineseMarble
6th-3rd century BCEEgyptianBronze
20th centuryAmerican?Hard-paste porcelain.
18th centuryGerman