Have you come across lion figurine poss made from Chinese money & excavated in East africa? It's approx same date as u mention in 1st tweet
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Replying to @SushmaJansari
Is that the one from Shanga? Looks most intriguing...!
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Replying to @caitlinrgreen
Came across it while researching similar Indian lion figure for
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Replying to @SushmaJansari @caitlinrgreen
Hawkes + Wynne-Jones 2015 wrote about it most recently https://afriques.revues.org/1752?lang=en Horton/Blurton 1988 earlier https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/antiquity/article/indian-metalwork-in-east-africa-the-bronze-lion-statuette-from-shanga/9CBF7D1780E26A3889AD1CB7873DF53F …
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Replying to @SushmaJansari @caitlinrgreen
NB - I’m not convinced of Blurton’s opinion in the 1988 article; and neither is he anymore! Updated view in
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Replying to @SushmaJansari
Oh, thanks for the refs and for the update — fear I shall definitely have to visit when open! ;) :)
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Replying to @caitlinrgreen
You'd be very welcome! Although I'm afraid it is only a single label & a lion figure from the Deccan that will be on display!
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Along with a host of other marvellous things to judge from your tweets! :)
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Replying to @caitlinrgreen
I had the pick of the frankly extraordinary collections & selected over 700 for my section of the gallery!!
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