Statuette of Lion

1400–1500

Object PlaceGermany

Medium/TechniqueLatten (92.3% copper, 3% tin, 1.4% zinc, 1.8% lead and trace elements)

Dimensions8.6 x 7.8 x 4.6 cm (3 3/8 x 3 1/16 x 1 13/16 in.)

Credit LineArthur Mason Knapp Fund

Accession number57.171

On View

Not on view

ClassificationsMetalwork

Collections

Provenance1957, Mathais Komor, New York; 1957, sold by Komor to the MFA for $150. (Accession date: March 14, 1957)

Unidentified artist

19th–20th century

12th century–early 13th century

early 14th century

second half of 15th century (?)

mid-15th century

late 14th–15th century

about 1220–30

mid 6th–7th century

late 6th–early 7th century

7th - 9th century

early 6th century (?)

second half of 15th century (?)