Langenhoe Lion
Unknown Artist
- Art Funded
- 2005
- Dimensions
- 3.5 x 3.1 cm
- Vendor
- Department for Culture, Media and Sport
This fitting was probably fixed to the gable of a house-shaped reliquary. The hindquarters of the lion are lower than the front suggesting that the figure was mounted on a slope.
Provenance
Discovered by a metal detector user at Langenhoe in 2000 and declared Treasure in 2003.