Antique Terracotta Lioness Sculpture

Hand-crafted over a century ago, this antique terracotta lioness statue is a beautiful object for an interior. Delicate details across the mane, face and teeth have been preserved throughout the years, the red terracotta lightly weathered from age, with historic repairs to the paws and tail. As the Queen of Beasts, a lioness statue is an impressive artwork piece. This sculpture is considered a lioness rather than a lion due to its short mane on the neck beneath the face, rather than a thick and luscious mane completely surrounding the head like it would a lion.

In antique architecture, lion and lioness statues were often paired together, flanking doorways and arches of importance and grandeur. For this reason, it is likely that this lioness once belonged alongside a lion of similar proportions, however they have since been parted or the lion lost. Nevertheless, this terracotta lioness is an impressive sculptural object with an expressive face and characteristic features.