Relief Panel with Lion Family, ca. 800–1000, Made in South or Central Campania, Italy, South Italian, Stone, Overall: 32 x 60 x 4 in. (81.3 x 152.4 x 10.2 cm), Sculpture-Architectural, The marble for this relief panel probably came from a Roman sarcophagus. The slab was recarved and reused during the early Middle Ages for a church in Nola, probably to be used as a choir screen. Lions are often used as symbols for Christ in Italy during this period, but the depiction of a family with a male, a female, and suckling cub is unique
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Relief Panel, Lion Family, ca, 800–1000, South, Central Campania, Italy, South Italian, Stone, Overall, 32 x 60 4, 81.3 152.4 10.2 cm, Sculpture-Architectural, marble, relief panel, came, Roman sarcophagus, slab, recarved, reused, early Middle, Ages, church, Nola, choir screen, Lions, symbols, Christ, period, depiction, family, male, female, suckling cub, unique
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