FurnitureRoman2nd-3rd century CE

Lion-Head Relief Attachment

2nd-3rd century CE

Classification

Furniture

Technique

Repoussé

Medium

Copper

Culture

Roman

Period

Roman Imperial period

Century

2nd-3rd century CE

Division

Asian and Mediterranean Art

Department

Department of Ancient and Byzantine Art & Numismatics

Dimensions

17.4 x 17.8 x 4.5 cm (6 7/8 x 7 x 1 3/4 in.)

Provenance

Unknown; possibly London Market. W. C. Burriss Young, Cambridge, MA, bequest; to the Harvard University Art Museums, 2002.

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