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Sculpture Fragment: Lower Jaw of a Lionhead Waterspout

Date

about 500 B.C.

Medium

Marble

Culture

Greek

Department

Sculpture

Institution

Getty Museum

This fragment preserves part of the lower jaw of a lion head waterspout. Teeth line either side of the water channel. The modeling of this fragment is fine with the gum line and individual teeth carved. The dewlap has a naturalistic quality. With few distinguishing features on this fragment, however, it is not possible to associate it with a comparable example.

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