Mosaic of Lion Attacking Onager

150–200 C.E.

Not on view

Returned to lender

This work of art was on loan to the museum and has since been returned to its lender.

Artwork Details

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Provenance

Exhibition History

Title: Mosaic of Lion Attacking Onager
Date: 150–200 C.E.
Culture: North African (Sousse, Hadrumetum, Tunisia)
Medium: Stone and glass tesserae
Dimensions: 38 3/4 × 63 × 3 in., 179 lb. (98.4 × 160 × 7.6 cm, 81.2 kg)
Classification: Mosaics
Credit Line: The J. Paul Getty Museum, Villa Collection, Malibu, California (73.AH.75)
Rights and Reproduction: Digital image courtesy of Getty’s Open Content Program
Curatorial Department: Medieval Art and The Cloisters