Lion's Head Water Spout from the Old Greek & Roman Galleries in the Metropolitan Museum of Art, Sept. 2007

This water spout is not ancient, but was made to decorate the original Roman Court in the Metropolitan Museum of Art. Modern works like this serve to remind one that architectural terracottas and marbles were painted in antiquity.

For more information on the transformation of this gallery into a restaurant and back:
www.metmuseum.org/works_of_Art/installation_gr.asp