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Lioness head Alexandria, Egypt

Superb head of lioness on the lookout.
Her features are humanized and she wears a necklace.
This head is the representation of Hippomene the guardian of the temple of the great goddess Cybele.
Beige terracotta slightly orange, smoothed surface slip.

Egypt, Alexandria, Greco-Roman era, 300 to 100 BC
Dimensions: 9.5 s 7.5 s 7 cm and 15.3 cm
With its black metal base
From an old sale in Drouot

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