Panel with a Griffin, 1250–1300, Made in Greece or the Balkans (possibly), Byzantine, Marble, Overall: 23 1/2 x 20 1/2 x 2 9/16 in. (59.7 x 52.1 x 6.5 cm), Sculpture-Stone, This commanding image of a griffin with its head turned and its wing flexed is an exceptionally fine example of monumental stone carving of the Late Byzantine, or Palaiologan, era. The panel, worked in low relief, resembles an elaborate Byzantine silk in its arrangement of the creature within a roundel
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Panel, Griffin, 1250–1300, Greece, Balkans, Byzantine, Marble, Overall, 23 1/2 x 20 2 9/16, 59.7 52.1 6.5 cm, Sculpture-Stone, commanding, image, griffin, head turned, wing flexed, exceptionally fine, example, monumental stone, carving, Late Byzantine, Palaiologan, era, panel, worked, low relief, resembles, elaborate, silk, arrangement, creature within, roundel
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