Lion felling a bull, from a marble pediment, ca. 525–500

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Lion felling a bull, from a marble pediment, Archaic, ca. 525–500 , Greek, Attic, Marble, Parian, Overall: 25 3/16 x 7 in. (64 x cm), Stone Sculpture, The original composition, which probably decorated the pediment (triangular gable) of a small building, consisted of two lions felling their prey. The adjoining piece, which the forepart of the right-hand lion and the middle of the bull, was found near the Olympieion in Athens in 1862

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