Head of griffin
about 650 B.C.
Medium/TechniqueBronze
DimensionsHeight: 11.3 cm (4 7/16 in.)
Credit LineMuseum purchase with funds donated by contribution
Accession number01.7471
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Not on viewClassificationsVessels
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ProvenanceBy date unknown: W. H. Forman Collection; by 1900: with Sotheby, Wilkinson and Hodge, 13 Wellington Street, Strand, London (auction of the Forman Collection, part 2, July 2-5, perhaps lot 562, partial); by 1901: with Edward Perry Warren; purchased by MFA from Edward Perry Warren, December 1901
about 550–530 B.C.
Third or 4th century A.D.
about 2400 B.C.
mid-7th century B.C.
about seventh century B.C.
late 7th century B.C.
late 7th–early 6th century B.C.
about 525–500 B.C.