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Lion-headed Stand

1150–1220

Northern Iraq or Syria, Zengid or Ayyubid period

cast brass inlaid with silver
Overall: 14 cm (5 1/2 in.)
Dudley P. Allen Fund 1931.453
Location: Not on view

Did You Know?

The bronze stand is embellished with silver inlay in both floral and geometric design.

Description

The four sections of this stand each terminate in a lion's head and the supporting legs end with a paw. The angular modeling of the lion's head contrasts with the delicate silver inlaid decoration.
  • ?–1931
    (Paul Mallon [1884–1975], Paris, France, sold to the Cleveland Museum of Art)
    1931–
    The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH
  • Hollis, Howard C. “A Seljuk Bronze Stand.” The Bulletin of the Cleveland Museum of Art 21, no. 7 (July 1934): 107–109. Mentioned and Reproduced: pp. 107–109 www.jstor.org
    Persian Art Before And After the Mongol Conquest.: [Exhibition] April 9-May 17, 1959. the University of Michigan, Museum of Art, Ann Arbor. Ann Arbor, MI: University of Michigan, Museum of Art, 1959. Mentioned: cat. no. 58, p. 32
  • The Exhibition of Persian Art: 7000 Years of Art in Iran. Petit Palais, Musée des Beaux-Arts de la Ville de Paris, Paris, France (organizer) (October 19, 1961-January 31, 1962); Villa Hügel, Essen, Germany (February 16-April 24, 1962); Kunsthaus Zürich, CH-8024 Zürich, Switzerland (May 17-July 22, 1962); Gemeentemuseum den Haag, The Hague, Netherlands (September 4-November 18, 1962); MAK, the Österreichisches Museum für angewandte Kunst/Gegenwartskunst, Vienna, Austria (January 16-March 31, 1963).
    Persian Art Before and After the Mongol Conquest. University of Michigan Museum of Art, Ann Arbor, MI (organizer) (April 9-May 17, 1959).
    Exhibition of Persian Art. Italian Institute for the Middle and Far East, Rome, Italy (organizer) (May 31-September 30, 1956).
    For Modern America from the Ancient Near East. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (February 24-March 21, 1948).
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