Lion-headed Stand (1150–1220): Art, History and Details
Lion-headed Stand at the Cleveland Museum of Art: 1150–1220, cast brass inlaid with silver. Explore the work's context, creator attribution and collection history.
Lion-headed Stand (1150–1220) is in the Cleveland Museum of Art collection.
The work and its context
The museum's open-access catalogue describes the work:
The four sections of this stand each terminate in a lion's head and the supporting legs end with a paw. The angular modeling of the lion's head contrasts with the delicate silver inlaid decoration.
Object facts
- Title: Lion-headed Stand
- Date: 1150–1220
- Culture: Northern Iraq or Syria, Zengid or Ayyubid period
- Type: Metalwork
- Technique: cast brass inlaid with silver
- Dimensions: Overall: 14 cm (5 1/2 in.)
- Collection: Islamic Art
- Department: Islamic Art
- Accession number: 1931.453
A detail from the museum
The bronze stand is embellished with silver inlay in both floral and geometric design.
Collection credit
Dudley P. Allen Fund
Further reading listed by the museum
- Hollis, Howard C. “A Seljuk Bronze Stand.” The Bulletin of the Cleveland Museum of Art 21, no. 7 (July 1934): 107–109.
- Persian Art Before And After the Mongol Conquest.: [Exhibition] April 9-May 17, 1959. the University of Michigan, Museum of Art, Ann Arbor. Ann Arbor, MI: University of Michigan, Museum of Art, 1959.
View the collection record
See the museum's photographs and full catalogue entry. Catalogue text is reproduced from the Cleveland Museum of Art's open-access data, with HTML formatting removed. This object and its supplied image are designated CC0.
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