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Title: Figure of a lion
Date: late 1st millennium BCE
Geography: Southwestern Arabia
Medium: Copper alloy
Dimensions: 7 3/8 × 10 7/16 × 3 3/8 in. (18.7 × 26.5 × 8.5 cm)
Credit Line: Purchase, Joseph Pulitzer Bequest, Gift of Dr. Mortimer D. Sackler, Theresa Sackler and Family, and funds from various donors, 2002
Accession Number: 2002.457a, b
“The Guennol Collection of Mr. and Ms. Alastair B. Martin.” The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, November 16, 1969–January 4, 1970.
"The Philippe de Montebello Years: Curators Celebrate Three Decades of Acquisitions," The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, October 24, 2008–February 1, 2009.
“The World between Empires: Art and Identity in the Ancient Middle East.” The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, March 18, 2019–June 23, 2019.
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