MAKE A MEME View Large Image Phoenician - Bowl with Hunting Scene - Walters 57705 - Back.jpg In the center of this shallow bowl a man stabs a raging lion They are surrounded by a ring of flying ducks and prancing horses In the next ring archers on foot and mounted ...
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Keywords: Phoenician - Bowl with Hunting Scene - Walters 57705 - Back.jpg In the center of this shallow bowl a man stabs a raging lion They are surrounded by a ring of flying ducks and prancing horses In the next ring archers on foot and mounted spearmen advance among trees behind a chariot The design which may represent a hunting expedition is encircled by a serpent with patterned skin The clothing and hairstyle of the figures is Egyptian while the subject matter of the central scene is a common Mesopotamian theme of combat between man and beast Phoenician artists frequently adapted the styles of neighboring cultures century 8 7 BC repoussé gilded gilver cm 3 24 6 h x diam accession number 57 705 32063 Barberini Collection Contessa Menafiglio according to Seligmann Arnold Seligmann date and mode of acquisition unknown Henry Walters city Baltimore Walters Art Museum Henry Walters Acquired by Henry Walters 1925 place of origin Mediterranean Walters Art Museum license Ancient Near East art in the Walters Art Museum Phoenician art Media contributed by the Walters Art Museum needs category review Phoenicians in Egypt
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