Amber Carving of a Buddhistic Lion and Pups

Place of ManufactureAsia

MediumMaterial: amber

DimensionsOther: 8.8 × 12.4 × 6.9 cm

ClassificationsFINE ART

Credit LineGift of Kathleen E. Reif

Object number1998.042.044

DescriptionFigure depicts a mother lion recumbent with one pup climbing on her curved back bone, the other clambering up her side, her curled tufts finely incised, the amber of primarily opaque mottled yellowish-brown tone with a translucent area representing the ball at the front

Status

Not on view