Lions on Ceramics Photos

Lion painting or shapes were employed by ceramic & glass artists.

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Ceramic vase with two handles & lion design from Tunisia at Arles Antiquities Museum. Arles, France.Ceramic plate painted with lion from Greece or Aegean Island at Bode Museum. Berlin, Germany.Earthenware bowl with mythic winged sphinx with lion body & human face from Iran at Five Continents Museum. Munich, Germany.Earthenware bowl depicting lion from Iran at San Antonio Museum of Art. San Antonio, TX.
Ceramic vase with two handles & lion design from Tunisia (early 3rdC) at Arles Antiquities Museum. Arles, France.Ceramic plate painted with lion (mid 12thC) from Greece or Aegean Island at Bode Museum. Berlin, Germany.Earthenware bowl with mythic winged sphinx with lion body & human face (12thC) from Iran at Five Continents Museum. Munich, Germany.Earthenware bowl depicting lion (12th-13thC) from Iran at San Antonio Museum of Art. San Antonio, TX.
Ceramic vase with wings & heraldic lion from Spain at Cluny Museum. Paris, France.Fritware bottle with raised design of hunter capturing lion with rope from Iran at Aga Khan Museum. Toronto, ON.Lion plate from Iznik at Sèvres National Ceramic Museum. Paris, France.Fritware dish painted with lion & flowers from Iznik, Turkey at Aga Khan Museum. Toronto, ON.
Ceramic vase with wings & heraldic lion (c1465) from Spain at Cluny Museum. Paris, France.Fritware bottle with raised design of hunter capturing lion with rope (early 17thC) from Iran at Aga Khan Museum. Toronto, ON.Lion plate (early 17thC) from Iznik at Sèvres National Ceramic Museum. Paris, France.Fritware dish painted with lion & flowers (17thC) from Iznik, Turkey at Aga Khan Museum. Toronto, ON.
Ceramic heating stove with lion base at Lindau Municipal Museum. Lindau im Bodensee, Germany.Porcelain plate from yellow lion service by Meissen Porcelain Manuf. of Germany at Legion of Honor Museum. San Francisco, CA.Meissen porcelain terrine with lion lid handle by Johann Joachim Kaendler plus other pieces from Graf Sulkowski table service at Meissen porcelain museum at Lustheim Palace. Munich, Germany.Meissen porcelain lidded terrine with lion head handles & yellow tiger pattern beside bowl in yellow tiger pattern after Japanese style at Meissen porcelain museum at Lustheim Palace. Munich, Germany.
Ceramic heating stove with lion base at Lindau Municipal Museum. Lindau im Bodensee, Germany.Porcelain plate from yellow lion service (1734) by Meissen Porcelain Manuf. of Germany at Legion of Honor Museum. San Francisco, CA.Meissen porcelain terrine with lion lid handle (1735-7) by Johann Joachim Kaendler plus other pieces from Graf Sulkowski table service at Meissen porcelain museum at Lustheim Palace. Munich, Germany.Meissen porcelain lidded terrine with lion head handles & yellow tiger pattern (c1745-50) beside bowl in yellow tiger (aka Gelber Löwe) pattern after Japanese style at Meissen porcelain museum at Lustheim Palace. Munich, Germany.
Meissen porcelain blue teapot painted with red & yellow Chinese lion at Meissen porcelain museum at Lustheim Palace. Munich, Germany.Chinese import porcelain covered serving dish with Lyon coat of arms crest with unicorn & lion in Malcolm's room at Glamis Castle. Angus, Scotland.Porcelain teapot with Lyon coat of arms crest with unicorn & lion in Malcolm's room at Glamis Castle. Angus, Scotland.Porcelain plates with Lyon coat of arms crest with unicorn & lion in Malcolm's room at Glamis Castle. Angus, Scotland.
Meissen porcelain blue teapot painted with red & yellow Chinese lion at Meissen porcelain museum at Lustheim Palace. Munich, Germany.Chinese import porcelain covered serving dish (1736-95) with Lyon coat of arms crest with unicorn & lion in Malcolm's room at Glamis Castle. Angus, Scotland.Porcelain teapot with Lyon coat of arms crest with unicorn & lion in Malcolm's room at Glamis Castle. Angus, Scotland.Porcelain plates with Lyon coat of arms crest with unicorn & lion in Malcolm's room at Glamis Castle. Angus, Scotland.
Rouen-made earthenware lion painted blue, yellow & red at Rouen Ceramic Museum. Rouen, France.Ceramic lion at Chateau-sur-Mer. Newport, RI.Stoneware jar decorated with lion from New York at Yale University Art Gallery. New Haven, CT.Stoneware crock painted with lion prob. by John Hilfinger of J&E Norton Pottery of Bennington, VT at Bennington Museum. Bennington, VT.
Rouen-made earthenware lion painted blue, yellow & red (c1740) at Rouen Ceramic Museum. Rouen, France.Ceramic lion at Chateau-sur-Mer. Newport, RI.Stoneware jar decorated with lion (c1800) from New York at Yale University Art Gallery. New Haven, CT.Stoneware crock (1855-9) painted with lion prob. by John Hilfinger of J&E Norton Pottery of Bennington, VT at Bennington Museum. Bennington, VT.
Aesop's Fables: The Dog and His Shadow & The Goat, Calf & Sheep in Partnership with the Lion depicted on Minton art tiles at Taft House NHS. Cincinnati, OH.Earthenware bulbous vase with three lions made by Villeroy & Boch at Septfontaines-lez-Luxembourg at National Museum of History & Art. Luxembourg, Luxembourg.White porcelain coffee pot painted with lion & palm tree at Conde-Charlotte Museum. Mobile, AL.University of Texas Battle Hall sculpted rondel with zodiac sign of lion of leo. Austin, TX.
Aesop's Fables: The Dog and His Shadow & The Goat, Calf & Sheep in Partnership with the Lion depicted on Minton art tiles (c1875) at Taft House NHS. Cincinnati, OH.Earthenware bulbous vase with three lions (1930) made by Villeroy & Boch at Septfontaines-lez-Luxembourg at National Museum of History & Art. Luxembourg, Luxembourg.White porcelain coffee pot painted with lion & palm tree at Conde-Charlotte Museum. Mobile, AL.University of Texas Battle Hall sculpted rondel with zodiac sign of lion of leo. Austin, TX.
Quartz lion head seat ornaments from western Roman Empire or the Orient at Cluny Museum. Paris, France.Covered footed glass bowl with lion at Shelburne Museum. Shelburne, VT.

Quartz lion head seat ornaments (c300-550) from western Roman Empire or the Orient at Cluny Museum. Paris, France.Covered footed glass bowl with lion at Shelburne Museum. Shelburne, VT.


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