id: 137336 accession number: 1962.26 share license status: CC0 url: https://clevelandart.org/art/1962.26 updated: 2024-03-26 01:58:52.299000 Lion's Head, 500s BCE. Iran, Achaemenid (550–330 BCE). Marble; overall: 5.5 cm (2 3/16 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund 1962.26 title: Lion's Head title in original language: series: series in original language: creation date: 500s BCE creation date earliest: -500 creation date latest: -400 current location: creditline: Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund copyright: --- culture: Iran, Achaemenid (550–330 BCE) technique: marble department: Egyptian and Ancient Near Eastern Art collection: Near Eastern Art type: Sculpture find spot: catalogue raisonne: --- CREATORS --- measurements: Overall: 5.5 cm (2 3/16 in.) state of the work: edition of the work: support materials: inscriptions: --- CURRENT EXHIBITIONS title: Year in Review - 1962 opening date: 1962-10-24T04:00:00 Year in Review - 1962. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (October 24-November 25, 1962). title: Golden Anniversary of Acquisitions opening date: 1966-09-10T04:00:00 Golden Anniversary of Acquisitions. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (September 10-October 16, 1966). --- LEGACY EXHIBITIONS --- PROVENANCE --- fun fact: digital description: wall description: --- RELATED WORKS --- CITATIONS The Cleveland Museum of Art. Handbook of the Cleveland Museum of Art/1966. Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1966. page number: Reproduced: p. 13 url: https://archive.org/details/CMAHandbook1966/page/n37 The Cleveland Museum of Art. Handbook of the Cleveland Museum of Art/1969. Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1969. page number: Reproduced: p. 13 url: https://archive.org/details/CMAHandbook1969/page/n35 --- IMAGES web: https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/1962.26/1962.26_web.jpg print: https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/1962.26/1962.26_print.jpg full: https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/1962.26/1962.26_full.tif