156g: Ivory lion holding a calf

Department Archive
Collection 1936 Exhibition Collection
Reference No. 1936/1/5/16/7
Level Sub-item
Dimensions 10.5 x 16.8 cm
Scope and Content An ink illustration of a lion with one paw over a calf and the calf's rear in its mouth. It is the same objects as 1936/01/05/16/08 from a different angle. The original description in the catalogue reads: "Ivory lion holding a calf; before 600 B.C. Several such figures were found: compare the man stabbing the lioness (160b) and the couchant animals (160f); but these figures are much larger and of rather later date."
Notes In the Exhibition Catalogue this is under the subheading "Carvings in ivory and bone"
Related records [1936/1/5/16], 156: Ivory plaques, ivory lion holding a calf