Egyptian Polychrome Lion Support, Late Period-Roman Period, 664 B.C.-323 A.D. A wedge-shaped wooden support or furniture leg carved as the forelegs and head of a lion standing on a column capital, stylised facial features and mane detailing in raised relief, chequered panel to the chest; remains of polychrome pigmentation; rectangular socket to reverse and to one side, the latter with remains of a wooden peg. Cf. The Metropolitan Museum, accession number 1977.170, for a similar example in a different medium; cf. The Royal Ontario Museum, object number 910.37.9.B, for similar. 490 grams, 34.5 cm (13 1/2 in.). French collection, 1990s-early 2000s. Acquired at auction, with tickets to verso: '5428/2557' and '225'. From an important Paris gallery, France. Ex private Parisian collection.

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