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Carved stone lions head Stock Photos and Images

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Carved stone lions head Stock Photos and Images

Head and foreleg of a snarling lion ca. 9th–8th century B.C. Assyrian This substantial piece of ivory in the shape of a lion’s foreparts, carved in the round, was probably part of a piece of elite furniture. Carved ivory pieces like this one were often inlaid into a wooden frame using joinery techniques and glue, and could be overlaid with gold foil or inlaid with colored glass or stone pieces to create a dazzling effect of gleaming surfaces and bright colors. The eye socket is hollowed out to receive an inlay in contrasting materials, now lost. The mane is carved as a series of overlapping in Stock Photo
RM2HHPC3R–Head and foreleg of a snarling lion ca. 9th–8th century B.C. Assyrian This substantial piece of ivory in the shape of a lion’s foreparts, carved in the round, was probably part of a piece of elite furniture. Carved ivory pieces like this one were often inlaid into a wooden frame using joinery techniques and glue, and could be overlaid with gold foil or inlaid with colored glass or stone pieces to create a dazzling effect of gleaming surfaces and bright colors. The eye socket is hollowed out to receive an inlay in contrasting materials, now lost. The mane is carved as a series of overlapping in
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