160f: Couchant Beast Devouring its Prey

Department Archive
Collection 1936 Exhibition Collection
Reference No. 1936/1/5/20/7
Level Sub-item
Dimensions 7.1 x 13.4 cm
Scope and Content An ink illustration of a lioness lying down, eating an animal of which the body and cloven back hoof can be seen. The front corner where the head of the prey animal would be is missing; the edge has been reconstructed with a dotted line. The original description in the catalogue reads: "Couchant beast devouring its prey."
Notes In the Exhibition Catalogue this is under the subheading "Carvings in ivory and bone"
Related records [1936/1/5/20], 160: Miscellaneous Small Ivory Carvings