Object Number | 48-2-133 |
Current Location | Collections Storage |
Culture | Islamic |
Provenience | Mediterranean |
Date Made | 1100-1299 CE |
Section | Mediterranean |
Materials | Bronze |
Iconography | Animal |
Description | Greenish patina was cleaned to metal in 1966, the tail is broken off. Seated animal has a very long neck, open mouth, pricked-up ears, and bulging eyes with gashed slits. The ends of its muzzle is turned up. Its very thin feet are roughly gashed to suggest toes. |
Height | 5.7 cm |
Width | 1.5 cm |
Credit Line | Gift of Elise Biddle (Mrs. Harald) Paumgarten, 1948, 1948 |
Other Number | 159 - Collector Number | L-2-108 - Old Loan Number |
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