A Roman Marble Winged Lion-Griffin, ca. 1st - 2nd century CE Sculpture - Metal The large bottle with globular

The large bottle with globular body

Condition: Intact and in good condition overall with mineral deposits to the blade and handle

accession number: 74

une île grecque aux portes de l’Orient

the flared rim with pronounced pouring spout has a single handle applied between rim and shoulder

A Roman Marble Winged Lion-Griffin, ca. 1st - 2nd century CE Sculpture - Metal The large bottle with globularWith its head held erect in ever watchful alertness, hooked beak gaping wide as if screaming a warning, this griffin is the perfect visual embodiment of its fearful mythological subject. These hybrid monsters with the body of a lion and the head and wings of an eagle were inspired in classical Greco Roman times by the descriptions of beaked quadruped dinosaur fossils in gold deposits of Central Asia. Symbol of divine power and authority, this majestic