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Object NamePair of Molded Lion Figures

Made FromGlass

Dateabout 1960-1980

Place MadeChina

Techniquepressed

SizeSee Individual Records

Accession Number88.6.51

Credit LineGift from Estate of Zachary Taylor

Curatorial Area(s)

Postwar and Contemporary

Not On View

Physical DescriptionTranslucent pink non-lead glass; pressed. Figures of lions, seated on their haunches, with one front leg resting on a ball (reversed on the pair, one with the left leg extended, the other the mirror image); chains hanging around the necks, with a bell (?) hanging at the front, and a tassel on the back of each lion; seated on square platforms with square drapery hanging over the sides; basal bands with raised dots; ground flat bottoms.
Provenance

Source Estate of Zachary Taylor - 1988-02-08