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Inv. n°: MMoCA402
Pediment of a Grave Altar with Lion-Griffins
The pediment in front is decorated in relief with two confronting seated griffins flanking an incense burner on tripod feet, to either side it is flanked by acroteria carved with masks with twisted locks of hair, the rear two acroteria cut with acanthus leaf.
Provenance
Publications
- , Les metamorphoses divines d'Alexandre
- Christie's Antiquities Sale, London
- , Achéologie, Arts de l'Orient, Extrême Orient, Paris
- TEFAF, Maastricht
- , Auction 4
- , "Roman Marble Sculpture", Mougins Museum of Classical Art, France
- , "Créatures magiques", Animaux fantastiques, du merveilleux dans l'art, France
Exhibitions
- , MECC, Maastricht, Netherlands, 2007 — 2009
- Musée d'Art Classique de Mougins (MACM), Mougins, France, from June 2011
- , Louvre Lens, Lens, France, 27th September 2023 — 15th January 2024
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