
Cleveland Museum of Art
Sasanian King Hunting Lions
- Date
- late 300s CE
- Medium
- alabaster
- Culture
- Iran, Sasanian Empire (224–651 CE)
- Department
- Egyptian and Ancient Near Eastern Art
- Institution
- Cleveland Museum of Art
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