Object photograph·C04941·1927–1931

Bronze Sculpture, relief (V.150)

Bronze relief of two lions attacking a recumbent animal, from Vouni — Photograph: Swedish Cyprus Expedition, 1927–31. Medelhavsmuseet, Stockholm, C04941. Public domain (CC0).

Description

A cast bronze relief showing two maned lions attacking a recumbent hoofed animal. The lion on the left stands with its head lowered over the animal's body, and the lion on the right grips it from above. The relief is photographed flat on a pale background, with the dark, slightly rough surface, tails and legs clearly modelled.

English, translated from the Swedish record

Bronze Sculpture, V.150.

Swedish, as on the record

Föremålsbild, fynd från Svenska cypernexpeditionen. Bronze Sculpture. V.150.

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