Card/Transcription No.: 579-3

579 3

luted together with a wax and whiting stopping.

The nose and the pisiform pad of the forepaws are coloured blue;
hair tufts at back of shoulders are engraved and filled in with
blue pigment.
The ribs are marked in the modelling of the body.

The sculptor has selected the naked-shoulder lion type; the mane
about the head and throat has been conventionally treated by
small curls, which give a sculpturesque effect and exhibit the
powerful muscles of the bare shoulders.

The claws, (?) of ivory, are missing.

REMARKS:     
It was found in bad condition; much discoloured; the pieces
partly un-stuck from humidity, entailing taking them apart,
cleaning and remounting them.