Lion Figurine
Mediterranean, late 2nd millennium BCE (Cycladic)
Images of lions were popular in the whole Mediterranean and Near Eastern world and related to power, kingship and royalty. Such figurines were believed to serve as protective amulets. This one was made using the lost-wax casting technique.
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Bust Andrea Loredan (1440–1513) by Antonio Rizzo, Museo Correr, Venice
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Georgia Gerber: A Promise Kept (1999)
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Cristina Merchán, Forest Animal,1961.Grés modelé et émaillé vert bronze. 24.5 x 40.5 x 14 cm.
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Timothy Cleary: ‘Bronze’ (2016)
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Late 16th to early 17th century bronze serpent, from Southern Germany or Northern Italy.
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Tracery: A Symphony in Bronze by Timothy Cleary
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Richard H. Recchia (American, 1885 – 1983)
Persian Cat, 1931
Bronze, black patina, lost wax cast
49.53 x 26.03 x 30.48 cm (19 1/2 x 10 1/4 x 12 in.)
Museum of Fine Arts, Boston 1984.746
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Anthony Theakston’s Elegant Sculptures Imbue Ceramics and Bronze with Avian Spirit
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~ Plaque of conjuration against the Lamashtu, called "plaque of the underworld" or Hell Plate.
Period: Neo-Assyrian (1st half of the millennium)
Place of origin: Assyria
Medium: Bronze
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Calcagno family burial monument at Staglieno Cemetery in Genoa, Italy. A bronze masterpiece statue lying on the steps, deposing a last flower on the grave; the personification of sorrow. Work of Adolfo Apolloni in 1904.
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