Median Lion Strangler
500–450 BC
Maker Unknown
Egyptian and Ancient Near Eastern Art
Median Lion Strangler, 500–450 BC. Iran, Achamenid period, first half 5th Century BC. Lapis lazuli; overall: 18.7 cm (7 3/8 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund 1960.175
- Maker/Artist
- Maker Unknown
- Classification
- Sculpture
- Formatted Medium
- lapis lazuli
- Dimensions
- Overall: 18.7 cm (7 3/8 in.)
- Departments
- Egyptian and Ancient Near Eastern Art
- Accession Number
- 1960.175
- Credit Line
- Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund
- Exhibitions
- Year in Review - Nineteen Hundred Sixty, The Exhibition of Persian Art: 7000 Years of Art in Iran
- Rights Statement
- CC0
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