Lion-griffin horned vase
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Lion-griffin horned vase
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Published 2017-04-27T13:00:24+00:00
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THis vase, in the shape of a drinking horn (rhyton) ending with the head and the pawns of a lion-griffin, was used as a fountain decoration, the waterflowed from a hole between the animal's front paws. on th erim of the horn was a frieze with Maenads. THe work reproduces, on a smaller scale, the vase signed by the Greek artist Pontios preserved in the Capitoline Museums and derived from the metal prototype. End of the 1st century BC.
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Date published | 27/04/2017 |
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Title | Lion-griffin horned vase |
Date | End of the 1st century BC. |
Accession | inv. 124132 |
Period | Roman Republic |
Medium | Pentelic marble |
Place | National Roman Museum |
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