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Object photograph·C06663·1927–1931

Bronze Sculpture

Bronze sculpture group of two lions attacking a bull.
Photograph: Swedish Cyprus Expedition, 1927–31. Medelhavsmuseet, Stockholm, C06663. Public domain (CC0).

Description

A bronze sculpture group showing two maned lions attacking a bull that sprawls on the ground with its head turned to the right. One lion stretches across the bull's back from the left, its forepaw gripping the bull's body, while the other lion's head rests at the bull's shoulder at top right. The metal has a dark, slightly uneven patinated surface, and blue guide lines are drawn over the photograph.

English, translated from the Swedish record

Bronze Sculpture.

Swedish, as on the record

Föremålsbild, fynd från Svenska cypernexpeditionen. Bronze Sculpture.