Nenfro statue of a winged lion, Archaic, ca. 550 , Etruscan, Nenfro, H. 37 1/2 in. ( cm); length 28 3/4 in. (73 cm

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Nenfro statue of a winged lion, Archaic, ca. 550 , Etruscan, Nenfro, H. 37 1/2 in. ( cm); length 28 3/4 in. (73 cm); width at haunches 13 3/4 in. (35 cm), Stone Sculpture, Several statues of this type, made from nenfro, a kind of volcanic stone used extensively at Vulci, depict winged lions and sphinxes. These were set up to protect the entrances to subterranean chamber tombs covered by a tumulus (earthen mound

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