{"product_id":"winged-lion-with-wings-spread-marble-statue-160cm","title":"Winged Lion With Wings Spread Marble Statue - 160cm","description":"\u003ch3\u003eDescription\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eA winged lion stands square to the front with both wings raised and spread wide either side of the shoulders, each cut in long tiered rows of feathers. This is a winged lion and not a griffin: the skull is leonine, the muzzle broad, and there is no beak anywhere on it. The mouth is slightly parted. A carved plume of feathers runs down the chest between the forelegs. It stands on a thin rectangular slab. The marble is a white with a faintly warm cast and grey veining through the wings and the slab.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch2\u003eThe Widest Reach in the Range\u003c\/h2\u003e\u003cp\u003eSpread wings put stone further from its support than anything else carved here. Each wing leaves the shoulder and goes out sideways, held at one end only, and the tip is the point furthest from any stone that is holding it up. That has two consequences. The block has to be much wider than the animal, so a large share of it is cut away as waste and the piece costs more in material than its finished size suggests. And the block must be sound across that whole span - a flaw or a soft seam anywhere along either wing line is fatal, not cosmetic, so the stone is inspected wet across the full width before the first cut and rejected if the wing line runs through anything doubtful.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis is a symmetrical, front-facing piece: the wings spread equally, the chest plume runs down the centre, and it is composed to be met square on. From the side the near wing hides the animal almost entirely, so an angled approach wastes it. It also needs clearance either side rather than above - set it in a niche or between close planting and the wingtips crowd the walls. Centre it: the end of a walk, the middle of a lawn, a wide gateway, a courtyard. At 160cm the head is near eye level and the wingtips higher, so it reads at close range as well as from a distance.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch2\u003eFrontal, and Needing Room Either Side\u003c\/h2\u003e\u003cp\u003eSixteen to eighteen weeks, and the first of it is spent on the block rather than the carving - a span this wide has to be proved sound before anything is committed. The slab is cut, the animal roughed standing on it, and both wings blocked out as solid slabs running out from the shoulders. Those slabs are kept full thickness through the whole of the body work. The flank and legs are modelled, then the mane, then the chest plume between the forelegs. The wings are brought down last, both advancing together so they stay matched, trailing edge first, and the tips are the final cuts on the sculpture. Nothing is pinned or filled - animal, wings and slab come from one block. Our main studios are in the UK (Birmingham) and Dubai, with additional global workshops. Around 2,390kg in one piece, and the wingspan needs clear access as much as the weight does; bedded onto a prepared footing.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eMore winged beasts sit in \u003ca href=\"\/collections\/animal-sculptures\"\u003eanimal sculptures\u003c\/a\u003e, and garden work under \u003ca href=\"\/collections\/outdoor-sculptures\"\u003eoutdoor 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\u003e160cm\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":"Default Title","offer_id":53833756410203,"sku":"MST-ANI-051","price":29350.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0869\/3383\/2027\/files\/MST-ANI-051_1.jpg?v=1787152582","url":"https:\/\/giant-sculptures.com\/products\/winged-lion-with-wings-spread-marble-statue-160cm","provider":"Giant Sculptures","version":"1.0","type":"link"}