Lion furniture leg 4th century B.C. Late Period Made in fine, dense faience, the frontal part of a lion was made to slot onto another piece of furniture probably of wood. Furniture legs formed from the body and head of a lion conveyed an exalted status in Egyptian tradition. Here the fragile material and form indicate the piece may have adorned a low funerary bed on which the coffin or mummy of a deceased rested, or perhaps a stool intended to hold funerary items in the tomb.. Lion furniture leg. 4th century B.C.. Faience. Late Period. From Egypt; Possibly from Eastern Delta, Hihya