Cloisonné furniture plaque with two griffins in a floral landscape, ca. 8th century

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Cloisonné furniture plaque with two griffins in a floral landscape, Neo-Assyrian, ca. 8th century , Mesopotamia, Nimrud (ancient Kalhu), Assyrian, Ivory, H. 4 1/8 x W. 4 11/16 x D. 7/16in. ( x x ), Ivory/Bone-Reliefs, This slightly concave, exquisitely carved plaque depicts two addorsed griffins, hybrid creatures with the body of a lion and the head, wings, and talons of an eagle, within a floral landscape now missing its brightly-colored inlays

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Size: 4800px × 4010px
Photo credit: © Artokoloro / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No

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