Statuette of a Lion

mid-12th century (?)

Object PlaceItaly (?)

Medium/TechniqueBrass (81.9% copper, 16.5% zinc, 1.1% lead, .5% tin)

Dimensions15.7 x 6.9 cm (6 3/16 x 2 11/16 in.)

Credit LineOtis Norcross Fund

Accession number39.608

On View

Not on view

ClassificationsMetalwork

Collections

Provenance1939, E. and A. Silberman Galleries, New York; 1939, sold by Silberman to the MFA for $1000. (Accession Date: October 11, 1939)

late 13th–14th century

5th–6th century

Guillaume le Fevre

mid-15th century (?)

19th–20th century

mid 6th–7th century

late 14th–15th century

mid-15th century

about 1500 or 17th century

second half of 15th century (?)

mid-12th century

11th–12th century

second quarter of 13th century