Cloisonné furniture plaque with two griffins in a floral landscape, Neo-Assyrian, ca. 8th century B.C., Mesopotamia, Nimrud (ancient Kalhu), Assyrian, Ivory, H. 4 1/8 x W. 4 11/16 x D. 7/16in. (10.5 x 11.9 x 1.1cm), 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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Cloisonné furniture plaque, two griffins, floral landscape, Neo-Assyrian, ca, 8th century B.C, Mesopotamia, Nimrud, ancient Kalhu, Assyrian, Ivory, H, 4 1/8 x W, 11/16 D, 7/16in, 10.5 11.9 1.1cm, Ivory/Bone-Reliefs, slightly, concave, exquisitely carved, plaque, depicts, two, addorsed, griffins, hybrid creatures, body, lion, head, wings, talons, eagle, within, now, missing, brightly-colored inlays
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