Marble Statue of a Lion

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cachgill
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Sketchfab
Polygon Count
119,999
Release Date
2021-11-23
License
CC BY 4.0
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Greek, Cycladic?, ca. 400-390 B.C. Said to have been found in Trastevere, near Porta Portese, Rome Purchase, Rogers Fund and James Loeb and Anonymous Gifts, 1909 (0.9.221.3) Marble status of lions were sometimes used as tomb monuments or as guardians at both ends of a large tomb facade. Like many classical Greek works of art, this statue was taken to Rome during the imperial period. Scanned at The Metropolitan Museum of Art with a DJI Osmo Pocket.