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Collections

Staff Finial with Lioness Headed Cobraprobably Ptolemaic Period (332 - 30 BCE)

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Small ancient Egyptian bronze sculpture with a lion or cat head atop a ridged neck and broad trapezoidal base, heavily patinated in green and reddish-brown

Unknown, Staff Finial with Lioness Headed Cobra, probably Ptolemaic Period (332 - 30 BCE), Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Gift of Carl W. Thomas, photo © Museum Associates/LACMA

Title
Staff Finial with Lioness Headed Cobra
Place Made
Egypt
Date Made
probably Ptolemaic Period (332 - 30 BCE)
Period
Ptolemaic Period
Medium
Bronze
Dimensions
Length: 3 3/8 in. (8.6 cm); Width: 1 5/16 in. (3.3 cm)
Credit Line
Gift of Carl W. Thomas
Accession Number
M.80.203.103
Classification
Architecture
Collecting Area
Egyptian Art