Cleveland Museum of Art
Lion's Head
- Date
- 500–400 BCE
- Medium
- terracotta
- Culture
- Greece
- Department
- Greek and Roman Art
- Institution
- Cleveland Museum of Art
This terracotta sculpture is molded in the shape of a lion’s head. The lion opens its mouth and lolls out its tongue, showing off large upper and lower incisors (broken on one side). A mane spreads out around the lion’s head, framing the face. Lion heads like this one often served as architectural decoration. Lions once roamed the lands around ancient Greece but were probably extinct in the region by the 2nd century BCE.
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