A GRIFFIN PROTOME H. 14.4 cm. Clay. Roman, 2nd... Lot 46
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A GRIFFIN PROTOME H. 14.4 cm. Clay. Roman, 2nd cent. B.C.-1st cent. A.D. Expressive head with heavy eyebrows, a powerful, curved beak with pronounced nostrils and grand-looking crest. Folds of skin on the breast. Complete, reassembled from a few large fragments. Crest slightly worn. Provenance: Formerly Coll. B.A. W., Basle, Switzerland, acquired ca. 2000. Cf. a specimen very similar in style in the British Museum London, inv. no. 1814,0704.306.
GREIFENPROTOME H. 14.4 cm. Ton. Römisch, 2. Jh.v.C.-1. Jh.n.C. Expressiver Kopf mit wuchtigen Brauen, kräftigem, gebogenem Schnabel, markanten Nüstern und stolz aufgerichtetem Kamm. Felllappen auf der Brust. Aus grossen Fragmenten vollständig zusammengesetzt. Kamm bestossen. Provenienz: Ehem. Privatslg. B.A. W., Basel, Schweiz, erworben ca. 2000. Vgl. ein stilistisch sehr verwandtes Exemplar im British Museum London, Inv. 1814,0704.306.
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