Description: | The lion is seated on a square base, its forelegs braced beneath a heavy rounded chest. Muscles are indicated by deep lines on the legs and back. The paws have large claws, except the rear left, over which the end of the creature's tail falls. The head has a wide jaw, three-pointed undercut beard and a mane rendered as a series of corkscrew-like spirals. A small, roughly carved cub nestles behind the fight forepaw. The ears, which are damaged at the tips, appear to be horn-like. Description Source: Helen Coleman |