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  • Period: Classical Antiquity
  • Subject: Animalia

Found 18 sculptures.

Bronze ram sculpture with curled horns resting on a stone pedestal in a museum gallery.

Bronze Ram

A crouching bronze ram, cast in lost-wax technique and linked to Lysippus.

 Serpent labret with articulated tongue shown from above on a black background.

Serpent Labret with Articulated Tongue

A gold lip ornament with a movable forked tongue and fierce serpent form.

 Leona de Baena stone lioness sculpture on a dark base against a pale wall.

Leona de Baena

A reclining, threatening lioness from an Iberian funerary monument.

 Spear of Lugal with a leaf-shaped metal blade, engraved animal motif, and perforated tang on a dark background.

Spear of Lugal

A bronze weapon from ancient Sumer, dating to around 2600 BCE.

 Viterbo Rooster, a dark bird-shaped vessel with etched feather patterns and an inscription around the lower body.

Viterbo Rooster

A black bucchero vessel used as an ink container and inscribed with an early alphabet.

 Maraş lion stone sculpture with an open mouth, carved in low relief and set on a brick pedestal.

Maraş lion

Basalt lion sculpture with a hieroglyphic inscription and Assyrian-influenced features.

 Sassanian horse head sculpture with ornate metal detailing, shown in profile facing left.

Sassanian Horse Head

A gilded silver horse head created by craftsmen of the Sasanian Empire.

 Weathered stone Sam\'al lion sculpture with an open mouth and carved mane

Sam'al lions

Ancient gateway lions, partly recarved and set at right angles to each other.

 Bronze horse statuette from Olympia shown in profile on a pedestal.

Horse

An early archaic bronze figure notable for its transitional casting technique.

 Flying Horse of Gansu bronze horse sculpture balanced on one hoof atop a bird on a display stand

Flying Horse of Gansu

A bronze horse balanced on one leg by a flattened swallow below its hoof.

 Corbridge Lion sculpture displayed on a white pedestal in a museum gallery

Corbridge Lion

A Roman sandstone lion once reused as a fountainhead and later discovered in Corbridge.

 Detail of the Winged Horses of Tarquinia showing two winged horse heads and upper bodies in relief.

Winged Horses of Tarquinia

An Etruscan terracotta high relief from a temple pediment in Tarquinia.

 Toros de Costitx bronze bull head sculpture with curved horns and stylized features against a light wall.

Toros de Costitx

Three bronze bull heads with inlaid eyes and separately cast horns.

 Bull of Osuna stone sculpture shown in profile on a white plinth.

Bull of Osuna

A rigid, realistic bull relief carved for a funerary monument.

 The Lion of Babylon stone sculpture resting on a base beneath a clear blue sky.

Lion of Babylon

Ancient basalt lion sculpture with a human figure beneath it.

 Waldgirmes horse head bronze sculpture with an open mouth and a medallion on the bridle

Waldgirmes Horse's Head

A gilded bronze Roman fragment, likely from an equestrian statue of Augustus.

 Bear of Porcuna stone sculpture showing a seated animal with one paw resting on a carved human-headed pillar.

Bear of Porcuna

A seated funerary bear with a raised paw resting on a carved herma.

 Bicha of Balazote sculpture with a human head and bovine body reclining on the ground.

Bicha of Balazote

A limestone man-bull chimera with archaic features and a possible funerary role.