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Description: | 3 re-adhered fragments, terracotta, nude child on lion with paw on vase., Top border decoration looks like acorns carved in relief, in a row. Most are chipped and worn. The main scene shows a large vase with large curled handles on the left side of the relief. A lion** has its right paw on the mid-section of the vase. There is a boy-rider and has his right hand on the lion's head and left hand holding the lion's mane. The lion's tail is long and splits into two curls at the end. Something is possibly carved in the loop of the tail but is too worn to tell what it is. The back legs of the lion are unrealistically depicted; being short, curled, and close together, almost like a fish-tail; compared to the powerful front legs. There is quite a lot of damage to the borders and lots of the relief is worn down. It needs cleaning. **The lion may actually be a griffin, indicated by a similar image cited in 'additional notes' and by the hint of a small wing pertruding from the creatures back.,
Accession number: NCM 1910-190 | Subjects: | animals ceramics childhood ROMAN? | Temporal: | 100BC-300? | Source: | Nottingham City Museums and Galleries | Identifier: | http://media.culturegrid.org.uk/mediaLib... | Go to resource |
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