25 Cla ssica l Br onz e Mythological Creatures 49 GREEK BRONZE VASE APPLIQUE IN THE FORM OF A WINGED SIREN seated upon her haunches atop a palmette, her arching curved wings framing her face. 5th Century BC. H. 4 7/8 in. (12.4 cm.) Ex French collection; J.M.E. collection, New York, acquired at the Drouot, Paris, April 2006. 50 ROMAN BRONZE PROTOME OF PEGASUS Probably once attached to the handle of a lamp. 2nd Century BC/AD. H. 3 1/8 in (8 cm.); L. 2 in. (5 cm.) Ex French collection; J.M.E. collection, New York, acquired at the Drouot, Paris, June 2007. 51 ROMAN BRONZE VESSEL FOOT: A CAPRICORN OR SEA GOAT, with a horned goat protome and the curled tail of a fish. 2nd-3rd Century AD. L. 3 1/4 in. (8.2 cm.) Ex German collection; J.M.E. collection, New York, acquired in Munich, September 2008. Exhibited: ‘Monsters, Demons, and Winged Beasts: Composite Creatures of the Ancient World’, Carlos Museum of Art, Emory University, Atlanta, February 5-June 19, 2011. 52 ROMAN BRONZE CROUCHING WINGED GRIFFIN with beaked avian head; perked ears, cold-worked hair on the leonine body; wings at half rest position. 2nd-3rd Century AD. L. 3 1/4 in. (8.2 cm.); H. 3 1/4 in. (8.2 cm.) Ex German collection; J.M.E. collection, New York, acquired in Munich, September 2008. Exhibited: ‘Monsters, Demons, and Winged Beasts: Composite Creatures of the Ancient World’, Carlos Museum of Art, Emory University, Atlanta, February 5-June 19, 2011.
Royal-Athena Galleries, Art of the Ancient World, Volume XXVI - 2015
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