This is a recumbent lion and also it was old kingdom from early Egyptian. It was most powerful things for the Nile valley. It had been a symbol of royalty. It also includes various important goddesses such as Sakhmet, the fiery goddess of war and pestilence and served as a guardian of temples and palaces. The sculpture exhibits all art and iconography. The lion’s tail is slung high up over the right, the ears continue directly into the mane around the face and the body is separated from the base.
Citation
"Recumbent lion [Egyptian] (2000.485)". In Heilbrunn Timeline of Art History. New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art, 2000–. http://www.metmuseum.org/toah/works-of-art/2000.485 (October 2008
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