Earring with Lion-Griffin Head

4th-3rd century BC (Late Classical-Hellenistic)

2.3 cm 2.8 cm 1.3 cm

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The lion-griffin head is worked in repoussé in two halves, left and right and chased; ears, teeth and crest were separately made and applied. Two holes remain where the griffin horns once were.Probably contemporary with the lion head hoop (Walters 57.1665), the lion-griffin he...

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Henry Walters, New York [date of acquisition unknown], by purchase; Sadie Jones (Mrs. Henry Walters), New York, 1931, by inheritance; Sale, Parke-Bernet Galleries, New York, December 2, 1943, lot 524; Walters Art Museum, 1943, by purchase.
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