A Roman Marble Winged Lion-Griffin, ca. 1st - 2nd century CE Sculpture - Metal une île grecque aux portes

une île grecque aux portes de l’Orient

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

acquired in 1980 from the Faust Art Gallery in Cologne

alone of all created things

making these charms the most accurate reproductions ever created

A Roman Marble Winged Lion-Griffin, ca. 1st - 2nd century CE Sculpture - Metal une île grecque aux portesWith 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