Lion Head Spout | Harvard Art Museums

Identification and Creation

Object Number: 1960.497
Title: Lion Head Spout
Classification: Architectural Elements
Work Type: architectural element
Date: c. 330-320 BCE
Places: Creation Place: Ancient & Byzantine World, Europe, Elis province, Olympia
Period: Hellenistic period, Early
Culture: Greek
Persistent Link: https://hvrd.art/o/290750

Physical Descriptions

Medium: Terracotta
Technique: Molded
Dimensions: 22.5 cm h x 17 cm w x 20 cm d (8 7/8 x 6 11/16 x 7 7/8 in.)

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History: David M. Robinson, Baltimore, MD, (by 1960), bequest; to Fogg Art Museum, 1960.

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line: Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Bequest of David M. Robinson
Accession Year: 1960
Object Number: 1960.497
Division: Asian and Mediterranean Art
Contact: am_asianmediterranean@harvard.edu
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Descriptions

Description: Terracotta waterspout very finely modeled as the head of a lion with deep set eyes and open mouth. The back is rectangular and partly broken.

Publication History

Stephen R. Wilk, Medusa: Solving the Mystery of the Gorgon, Oxford University Press (UK) (Oxford, NY, 2000), p. 168, figs. 9.9, 9.10

Exhibition History

The David Moore Robinson Bequest of Classical Art and Antiquities: A Special Exhibition, Fogg Art Museum, 05/01/1961 - 09/20/1961

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1960.497: Lion Head Spout