Bull's leg

Bull's leg

An item at Metropolitan Museum of Art

Chairs and beds belonging to the elite sometimes stood on legs that emulated the lower limbs of lions or bulls. The example seen here is modeled after the hind leg of a bull.

Egyptian Art

An exhibit at Metropolitan Museum of Art

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The Met collection of ancient Egyptian art consists of approximately 30,000 objects of artistic, historical, and cultural importance, dating from about 300,000 BCE to the 4th century CE. A signifcant percentage of the collection is derived from the Museum's three decades of archaeological work in Egypt, initiated in 1906 in response to increasing interest in the culture of ancient Egypt.