156: Ivory plaques, ivory lion holding a calf
| Department | Archive |
|---|---|
| Collection | 1936 Exhibition Collection |
| Reference No. | 1936/1/5/16 |
| Level | Item |
| Dimensions | 73.6 x 55.8 cm |
| Scope and Content | Card base with 8 illustrations attached. The number 156 is written in the lower left corner. The illustrations are labelled with pasted letters a-g, with the letter g applying to both the lower two. Each illustration (and the final two as a pair) has a later annotation in pencil giving a bibliographic reference. The original description in the catalogue reads: "Ivory plaques (a-f), for the most part affixed to the front of bronze brooches (fibulae). They belong to the years about 700 B.C.: (a) is rather earlier than the rest; (f) rather later. g. 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 |
[BSA SPHS/1/6831.C6840], Plaster cast of the Spartan warrior known as 'Leonidas' in the gallery space at the 1936 Exhibition, Burlington House, London, 1936
[1936/1/5/16/1], Sub-item, 156a: Ivory Plaque [1936/1/5/16/2], Sub-item, 156b: Ivory Plaque [1936/1/5/16/3], Sub-item, 156c: Ivory Plaque [1936/1/5/16/4], Sub-item, 156d: Ivory Plaque [1936/1/5/16/5], Sub-item, 156e: Ivory Plaque [1936/1/5/16/6], Sub-item, 156f: Ivory Plaque [1936/1/5/16/7], Sub-item, 156g: Ivory lion holding a calf [1936/1/5/16/8], Sub-item, 156g: Ivory lion holding a calf |