{"product_id":"seated-lion-with-flowing-mane-brown-stone-statue-200cm","title":"Seated Lion With Flowing Mane Brown Stone Statue - 200cm","description":"\u003ch3\u003eDescription\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eA European lion sits up on its haunches on a thin flat slab, the mane deeply undercut and flowing. The two versions are not mirror images: one holds its jaws closed, the other roars with the mouth open and the teeth showing. There is no plinth under either. One lion is priced here.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch2\u003eA Seated Pair That Differ in Expression\u003c\/h2\u003e\u003cp\u003eA seated lion carries its whole weight on two upright forelegs, so the block has to hold that mass while the mane is cut back clear of the shoulder, and the depth of that undercutting is what gives the head its bulk. Both manes are cut in long locks lifted clear of the shoulder on all sides, which is why the stone between lock and shoulder is the thinnest anywhere on the piece. Roaring or closed, the two heads are laid out from the same skull measurements and diverge only at the jaw. The slabs beneath are cut from a paler beige bed of the same stone, so the lions sit darker than the slabs they stand on.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSeated figures read upward rather than along their length, which suits a doorway, a gate pier, the head of a stair or either side of a broad entrance where the extra height carries. They stand about waist height, so the head is met near eye level and rewards a position with clear floor around them. Slab bases need only a level hard surface, no foundation.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch2\u003eCarving a Lion That Sits Up\u003c\/h2\u003e\u003cp\u003eSixteen weeks for the pair, fourteen for one. Each slab is cut and levelled first, the body roughed sitting up, and the mane locks freed only when the head and shoulder are finished and will take no more work. The open jaw is cut before the mane falls over it. Our main studios are in the UK (Birmingham) and Dubai, with additional global workshops. Around 3,403kg per piece in one part, craned into place on a level hard surface.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eRecumbent figures are in \u003ca href=\"\/collections\/animal-sculptures\"\u003eanimal sculptures\u003c\/a\u003e, with the wider group under \u003ca href=\"\/collections\/wildlife-sculptures\"\u003ewildlife sculptures\u003c\/a\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eSpecification\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003ctable class=\"spec_table\"\u003e\u003ctbody\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eHeight\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e200cm\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eBase\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eIncluded\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eMaterial\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eHand-Carved Natural Marble\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003c\/tbody\u003e\u003c\/table\u003e","brand":"Giant Sculptures","offers":[{"title":"Version 1","offer_id":53872382804315,"sku":"MST-ANI-011-V1","price":34636.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"Version 2","offer_id":53872382837083,"sku":"MST-ANI-011-V2","price":34636.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0869\/3383\/2027\/files\/MST-ANI-011_1.jpg?v=1787590577","url":"https:\/\/giant-sculptures.com\/products\/seated-lion-with-flowing-mane-brown-stone-statue-200cm","provider":"Giant Sculptures","version":"1.0","type":"link"}