Champlevé furniture or cosmetic box plaque with a griffin and a floral frieze, Neo-Assyrian, ca. 9th–8th century B.C., Mesopotamia, Nimrud (ancient Kalhu), Assyrian, Ivory, 2.28 x 1.26 x 0.28 in. (5.79 x 3.2 x 0.71 cm), Ivory/Bone-Reliefs, This slightly curved, rectangular plaque depicts a sun-disc crowned griffin, a fantastic animal with the head and wings of an eagle and the body and tail of a lion. The griffin stands on its hind legs, resting its left foreleg on a papyrus flower and raising its right foreleg
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Champlevé furniture, cosmetic box plaque, griffin, floral frieze, Neo-Assyrian, ca, 9th–8th century B.C, Mesopotamia, Nimrud, ancient Kalhu, Assyrian, Ivory, 2.28 x 1.26 0.28, 5.79 3.2 0.71 cm, Ivory/Bone-Reliefs, slightly, curved, rectangular, depicts, sun-disc crowned, fantastic animal, head, wings, eagle, body, tail, lion, griffin stands, hind legs, resting, left foreleg, papyrus flower, raising, right
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