Lion (one of a pair)

Johann Gottlieb Kirchner, ca. 1732

Artist

Johann Gottlieb Kirchner (German, Merseburg 1706–after 1738 Berlin, active at Meissen 1727–28 and 1731–33)

Date

ca. 1732

Medium

Hard-paste porcelain

Size

confirmed: 21 × 32 3/4 × 13 1/2 in., 60.2 lb. (53.3 × 83.2 × 34.3 cm, 27.3 kg)

Type

Ceramics-Porcelain

Museum

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Licence

Public domain: free to use, no permission needed