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Handle in the form of the head and neck of a griffin; with original lid.

h. 12.4 x w. 19.7 cm

c. 3rd century AD

Bronze

Provenance

Ex English collection, England
Acquired by Royal-Athena Galleries at Sotheby's London Sale, London, 18th May 1987, lot 182 (no photo in the catalog)
Acquired by K.F. collection, Garden City, Michigan, 1987
Consigned by K.F. collection to Royal-Athena Galleries, Garden City, Michigan, 2007
Acquired at Royal-Athena Galleries, New York, 24th June 2009

Publications

Sotheby's London Sale, 18th May 1987, lot 182
J. M. Eisenberg, Art of the Ancient World, Royal-Athena Galleries, 2008, vol. XIX, p. 38, fig. 76
C. Dauphin, Animals in the Ancient World. The Levett Bestiary, Levett Collection Series 2, France, 2014, p. 105
C. Dauphin, Les Animaux dans le Monde Antique. Le Bestiaire Levett, Serie Collection Levett 2, France, 2016, p. 71, fig. 76 and 94
J. Spier, "Roman Bronzes" in M. Merrony (ed.), Mougins Museum of Classical Art, France, 2011, p. 139, fig. 30
"C'est quoi cette oeuvre?", Mougins Infos, Summer 2022, no. 84, p. 21

Exhibitions

George Mason University, Fairfax (Virginie), USA, 2003 — 2007
Musée d'Art Classique de Mougins (MACM), Mougins, France, from June 2011

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Roman Bronze Oil Lamp

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