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Cybele riding a lion
Greek
Late Classical Period
about 400 B.C.
Place of Manufacture: Greece, Boiotia, Thebes
Medium/Technique
Terracotta
Dimensions
23.9 cm (9 7/16 in.)
Credit Line
Bartlett Collection—Museum purchase with funds from the Francis Bartlett Donation of 1900
Accession Number03.918
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAncient Greece and Rome
ClassificationsSculpture
DescriptionStatuette of Cybele, mother of the gods, and queen of nature. Rides a lion; tympanum hangs from left hand. Lion's mane yellow; red stripes on base. Ceramic painted in tempera colors: red surives on hair, lips, and background.
ProvenanceBy 1903: with E. P. Warren (according to his records: From Thebes); purchased by MFA from E. P. Warren, March 24,1903