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Collections

Head of a LionOld Kingdom, 4th Dynasty(?), (2575 - 2465 BCE)

Not on view
Small alabaster sculpture of an owl's head with hollow eye sockets, mounted on a dark red-brown marble pedestal
Title
Head of a Lion
Place Made
Egypt
Date Made
Old Kingdom, 4th Dynasty(?), (2575 - 2465 BCE)
Medium
Calcite
Dimensions
5 15/16 x 6 3/4 x 3 in. (15.00 x 17.00 x 7.60 cm)
Credit Line
Gift of Varya and Hans Cohn
Accession Number
AC1992.152.44
Classification
Sculpture
Collecting Area
Egyptian Art
Provenance
[Mathias Komor (1909–1984), Fine Arts & Antiquities, New York]. Hans Cohn (1903–1994), Los Angeles, in 1968, gift 1992 to; LACMA.
Selected Bibliography
  • Thomas, Nancy, and Constantina Oldknow, eds. By Judgment of the Eye: The Varya and Hans Cohn Collection. Los Angeles: Hans Cohn, 1991.

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