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507. Appliqué with a Lion’s Head

Accession Number 80.AF.76
Dimensions L. 2.5, W. 2.2 cm; Wt. 6.83 g
Date Fourth century CE
Production Area Eastern Mediterranean
Material Translucent greenish glass
Modeling Technique and Decoration Vessel: free-blown; appliqué: molded and applied
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Condition

Largely complete. Small fragments missing around the edges.

Description

Roughly circular appliqué medallion in the form of a lion’s head. Rich mane surrounds the head on all sides; aquiline snout, pronounced eyebrows, and wide-open mouth.

On the back side is preserved the part of the vessel body to which this was attached.

Comments and Comparanda

See cats. 504 and 506.

Provenance

1980, David Swingler, American, born 1948, donated to the J. Paul Getty Museum, 1980

Bibliography

Unpublished

Exhibitions

None