Tile with a lion attacking a bovine
Date15th - 16th centuries
Maker
Persian
Label TextFrom the fourth millennium B.C. onward, the image of a lion and bovine locked in battle has been part of the Near Eastern canon of artistic representation. Symbolizing the changes in seasons-or more dramatically, the struggle for life-this pre-Islamic combat continued to rage in painting, sculpture and architecture well past antiquity.
Object number39.236
ProvenancePurchased for Seattle Art Museum Fuller Collection by H. Kevorkian, New York, January 1939
Published ReferencesRogers, Millard B. "Engagement Book: Iranian Art in the Seattle Art Museum," Seattle, WA: Seattle Art Museum, 1972, fig. 50.Credit LineEugene Fuller Memorial Collection
DimensionsDiam.: 32in. (81.3cm)
MediumCeramic mosaic
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