id:			147992
accession number:	1974.87
share license status:	CC0
url:			https://clevelandart.org/art/1974.87
updated:		2024-03-26 01:59:36.742000

Lion Head, 664–332 BCE. Egypt, Late period (715–332 BCE), Dynasty 26 or later. Glassy faience; overall: 3 x 2.8 x 3 cm (1 3/16 x 1 1/8 x 1 3/16 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, The A. W. Ellenberger, Sr., Endowment Fund 1974.87

title:				Lion Head
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creation date:			664–332 BCE
creation date earliest:		-664
creation date latest:		-332
current location:		107 Egyptian
creditline:			The A. W. Ellenberger, Sr., Endowment Fund
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culture:	Egypt, Late period (715–332 BCE), Dynasty 26 or later
technique:	glassy faience
department:	Egyptian and Ancient Near Eastern Art
collection:	Egypt - Late Period
type:		Sculpture
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measurements: Overall: 3 x 2.8 x 3 cm (1 3/16 x 1 1/8 x 1 3/16 in.)
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CURRENT EXHIBITIONS

	title:		Year in Review: 1974
	opening date:   1975-03-11T04:00:00
	<i>Year in Review: 1974</i>. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (March 11-April 6, 1975).

	title:		Gifts of the Nile: Ancient Egyptian Faience
	opening date:   1998-05-10T00:00:00
	<i>Gifts of the Nile: Ancient Egyptian Faience</i>. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (May 10-July 5, 1998); Museum of Art, Rhode Island School of Design, RI (August 25, 1998-January 3, 1999).

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LEGACY EXHIBITIONS

* {'description': 'CMA, 11 March-6 April, 1975, The Year in Review for 1974, cat.: CMA Bulletin 62, no. 3 (March 1975), no. 5; CMA 1982, no. 10 (entry by Arielle P. Kozloff)', 'opening_date': '1975-03-11T00:00:00'}

* {'description': 'The Cleveland Museum of Art (5/10/98 - 7/5/98); Museum of Art, Rhode Island School of Design (8/25/98 - 1/3/99).  "Gifts of the Nile:  Ancient Egyptian Faience," not in exh. cat.', 'opening_date': '1998-05-10T00:00:00'}

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RELATED WORKS

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CITATIONS

	Cleveland Museum of Art, and Jenifer Neils. T<em>he World of Ceramics: Masterpieces from the Cleveland Museum of Art.</em> Cleveland: The Museum in cooperation with Indiana University Press, 1982.
	page number: 	Mentioned and reproduced: p. 8, fig. 10
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	Berman, Lawrence M., and Kenneth J. Bohač.<em> Catalogue of Egyptian Art: The Cleveland Museum of Art.</em> Cleveland, OH: Cleveland Museum of Art, 1999.
	page number: 	Reproduced and Mentioned: p. 439-440, cat. no. 340
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