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Pendant: Lion with Swan

Date

600–550 B.C.

Medium

Amber

Culture

Etruscan

Department

Jewelry

Institution

Getty Museum

This pendant, carved fully in the round, is in the form of a crouching lion with its limbs drawn up under the body. The lion looks back over its shoulder and grips a waterbird in its mouth. The bird-likely a swan-swivels its head around and rests its bill on its back. Three perforations pierce the lion's neck, to suspend the amulet with the lion's head up.

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