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| Keywords: Greek - Handle Depicting a Lion and a Tigress Attacking a Bull - Walters 54872.jpg Echoing the monumental Archaic sculpture of the Acropolis of Athens this image symbolized power and domination A lion and a tigress attack a bull which has been brought to its knees The animals' eyes are inlaid with silver The group would have served as the handle of an elaborate bronze bowl 400-30 BC Classical bronze with silver inlay cm 7 9 15 1 2 4 ; mount cm 3 1 16 2 4 5 accession number 54 872 25527 Dikran Kelekian New York and Paris date and mode of acquisition unknown Henry Walters city Baltimore Walters Art Museum Henry Walters Acquired by Henry Walters 1911 place of origin Greece Walters Art Museum license Ancient Greek art in the Walters Art Museum Art from Greece Media contributed by the Walters Art Museum needs category review | ||||
