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Head of griffin
Head of griffin

Head of griffin

late 7th–early 6th century B.C.
Place of ManufactureSamos, Greece
Medium/TechniqueBronze
DimensionsHeight: 13.3 cm (5 1/4 in.)
Credit LineMuseum purchase with funds donated by contribution
Accession number01.7472
On View
Not on view
ClassificationsVessels
ProvenanceBy date unknown: W. H. Forman Collection; inherited from him by Mrs. Burt and then, about 1889, by A. H. Browne; by 1900: with Sotheby, Wilkinson and Hodge, 13 Wellington Street, Strand, London (auction of the Forman Collection, part 2, July 2-5, lot 598); by 1901 with Edward Perry Warren; purchased by MFA from Edward Perry Warren, December 1901