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The lions are not completely identical or merely mirror images: they have their heads turned east and west respectively (i.e., away from each other) and both gaze northwards, but both rest their left paw on a globe. The sculptures measure 1.7 × 2.7 × 1.0 meters, and the granite pedestals measure 1.9 × 2.7 × 1.2 meters. [1]
The South Bank Lion is an 1837 sculpture in Central London.Since 1966 it has stood next to County Hall, on the South Bank of the River Thames.It is a significant depiction of a lion, along with the four that surround Nelson's Column in Trafalgar Square just across the river.
Pages in category "Sculptures of lions" The following 79 pages are in this category, out of 79 total. ... Löwe (sculpture) Löwenkämpfer; Lion-man; M. Maraş lion ...
The Prudhoe Lions, or Soleb Lions, [1] are a pair of Ancient Egyptian red granite monumental sculptures dating from the 18th Dynasty, c. 1370 BC. They are now presented in the British Museum . [ 2 ] The lions originally stood as guardian figures at the Temple of Soleb in Nubia , which was built by the 18th Dynasty King Amenhotep III .
The sculpture is situated in an area of Fælledparken known as Den Franske Plads (The French Square). It depicts two lions, one male and one female. The male lion stands up while its female counterpart is lying down.
Patting the lion's paw for "good luck" at HSBC Shanghai (1920s) The first set of lion sculptures were commissioned for the rebuilt HSBC Building on the Bund in Shanghai, opened in 1923. Chief Manager Alexander Stephen wrote, in 1921, that the inspiration for his decision to order their sculpting came from the imposing lions outside the Venetian ...
On 3 February 2010, however, the second edition of the cast of the sculpture L'Homme qui marche I (Walking Man I) by Alberto Giacometti sold for £65,001,250 ($104,327,006) and surpassed The Guennol Lioness as the most expensive sculpture ever sold at auction. [3] The limestone sculpture measures just over 8 cm (3.25 in) tall. It was described ...
The Maraş lion is a Late Hittite sculpture of a lion with a hieroglyphic inscription. It was discovered on the citadel of Kahramanmaraş (formerly Maraş) in 1883 and is displayed in the Kahramanmaraş Archaeological Museum. John David Hawkins assigned it the name Maraş 1, while Winfried Orthmann used Maraş B/1.