id: 139447
accession number: 1963.258
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Sasanian King Hunting Lions, late 300s CE. Iran, Sasanian Empire (224–651 CE). Alabaster; diameter: 3.5 x 49.2 cm (1 3/8 x 19 3/8 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Leonard C. Hanna, Jr. Fund 1963.258
title: Sasanian King Hunting Lions
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creation date: late 300s CE
creation date earliest: 375
creation date latest: 400
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creditline: Leonard C. Hanna, Jr. Fund
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culture: Iran, Sasanian Empire (224–651 CE)
technique: alabaster
department: Egyptian and Ancient Near Eastern Art
collection: Near Eastern Art
type: Sculpture
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measurements: Diameter: 3.5 x 49.2 cm (1 3/8 x 19 3/8 in.)
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CURRENT EXHIBITIONS
title: Year in Review (1963)
opening date: 1963-11-27T05:00:00
Year in Review (1963). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (November 27, 1963-January 5, 1964).
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LEGACY EXHIBITIONS
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CITATIONS
Shepherd, Dorothy G. “Sasanian Art in Cleveland.” The Bulletin of the Cleveland Museum of Art 51, no. 4 (April 1964): 65–92.
page number: Mentioned: P. 68-70; Reproduced: P. 68, figs. 2 and 3, Cover
url: http://www.jstor.org/stable/25151993
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
The Cleveland Museum of Art. Handbook of the Cleveland Museum of Art/1978. Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1978.
page number: Reproduced: p. 6
url: https://archive.org/details/CMAHandbook1978/page/n26
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