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Unknown, Applique Fragment
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Unknown

Applique Fragment

350–300 B.C.

Current Collection

J. Paul Getty Museum

Los Angeles, United States

Medium
Terracotta, clay slip, foil gilding
Dimensions
2.6 × 4.6 cm
Status
In Museum Collection
Collect24 Art ID
C24-219041

This fragment of a Tarentine appliqué preserves the headless body of a griffin with truncated back legs and the right wing, which spans the length of its abdomen. The figure is symmetrical to 80.AD.89.2, which is better preserved. Both show extensive traces of the original gilding.

Provenance

The J. Paul Getty Museum, Villa Collection, Malibu, California

Registry history

  • 350–300 B.C. — Recorded in the collection of J. Paul Getty Museum — sculpture

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