A Roman Marble Winged Lion-Griffin, ca. 1st - 2nd century CE Sculpture - Metal Condition: Intact and in good

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

The large bottle with globular body

A graceful and remarkably well-preserved wooden figure of an Egyptian dignitary

accession number: 74

alone of all created things

A Roman Marble Winged Lion-Griffin, ca. 1st - 2nd century CE Sculpture - Metal Condition: Intact and in goodWith 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