id:			136287
accession number:	1960.175
share license status:	CC0
url:			https://clevelandart.org/art/1960.175
updated:		2023-08-25 11:18:39.749000

Median Lion Strangler, 500–450 BC. Iran, Achamenid period, first half 5th Century BC. Lapis lazuli; overall: 18.7 cm (7 3/8 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund 1960.175

title:				Median Lion Strangler
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creation date:			500–450 BC
creation date earliest:		-500
creation date latest:		-450
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creditline:			Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund
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culture:	Iran, Achamenid period, first half 5th Century BC
technique:	lapis lazuli
department:	Egyptian and Ancient Near Eastern Art
collection:	Near Eastern Art
type:		Sculpture
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measurements: Overall: 18.7 cm (7 3/8 in.)
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CURRENT EXHIBITIONS

	title:		Year in Review - Nineteen Hundred Sixty
	opening date:   1960-11-30T05:00:00
	<i>Year in Review - Nineteen Hundred Sixty</i>. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (November 30, 1960-January 1, 1961).

	title:		The Exhibition of Persian Art: 7000 Years of Art in Iran
	opening date:   1961-10-19T04:00:00
	<i>The Exhibition of Persian Art: 7000 Years of Art in Iran</i>. Petit Palais, Musée des Beaux-Arts de la Ville de Paris, Paris, France (organizer) (October 19, 1961-January 31, 1962).

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LEGACY EXHIBITIONS

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CITATIONS

	Cleveland Museum of Art, “Recent Acquisition Press Release,” August 17, 1960, Cleveland Museum of Art Archives.
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	url:		https://archive.org/details/cmapr0596

	Cleveland Museum of Art, “Persian Bust,” November 27, 1960, Cleveland Museum of Art Archives.
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	url:		https://archive.org/details/cmapr0653

	The Cleveland Museum of Art. <em>Handbook of the Cleveland Museum of Art/1966</em>. Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1966.
	page number: 	Reproduced: p. 12
	url:		https://archive.org/details/CMAHandbook1966/page/n36

	The Cleveland Museum of Art. <em>Handbook of the Cleveland Museum of Art/1969</em>. Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1969.
	page number: 	Reproduced: p. 12
	url:		https://archive.org/details/CMAHandbook1969/page/n34

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