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Engraved Lion Gem

Date

4th century B.C.

Medium

Dark stone

Culture

Greek

Department

Jewelry

Institution

Getty Museum

An oval gem engraved with an image of a youth standing and facing to his left, with his right hand on his hip, and holding something resembling a leaf in his outstretched left hand. Before him is a seated lion. The back of the gem is carved in relief in the shape of a recumbant lion with a cross-cut mane and roughly-carved paws.

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