File:Jug griffin BM 1873-8-20-385.jpg

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Description
Jug with spout in form of a griffin's head. Shoulder: lion pulling down a stag, two horses. Terra cotta, Paros (?).
Date between circa 675 and circa 650 BC
Dimensions height: 41.5 cm (16.3 in); diameter: 21.9 cm (8.6 in)
dimensions QS:P2048,41.5U174728
dimensions QS:P2386,21.9U174728
institution QS:P195,Q6373
Current location
Main floor, room 13, Greek & Rome
Accession number
GR 1873.8-20.385
Object history
  • place of creation: Cyclades (Orientalizing period).
  • Place of discovery: Aegina.
  • 1873: purchased from Alessandro Castellani
References British Museum: online database: entry 462912
Source/Photographer Jastrow (2006)

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