Bronze Waterspouts in the Form of Lion Masks in the Metropolitan Museum of Art, July 2010

Title: Bronze water spout in the form of a lion mask (one of a pair)

Medium; Technique: Bronze

Culture: Greek or Roman

Period: Late Hellenistic or Early Imperial

Date: ca. 100 B.C.–A.D. 100

Dimensions: depth 13.00 cm.

Classification: Bronzes

Credit Line: The Cesnola Collection, Purchased by subscription, 1874–76

Accession Number: 74.51.5677

Description:

Impressive water spouts such as this must have adorned a monumental public fountain-house (nymphaeum), probably in one of the more important Cypriot cities.

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