Griffin Protome

Inspired by Near Eastern vessels and monster imagery, Greek metal smiths of the seventh century BC produced numerous cauldrons of hammered metal that were adorned with the heads an...

This pelike, a two-handled jar with a baggy body, depicts a fight between a figure on horseback and a mythical creature, a lion-headed griffin. The griffin’s paws (now largely lost...

This terracotta object depicts the head of a mature man in relief. Bearded and mustachioed, he also wears a wide, low polos (a high cylindrical headdress or crown), under which his...

Red-figure Panathenaic Amphora. Side A: Low altar flanked by a bearded man pouring libation and a youth holding an oinochoe. The youth holds the vessel in his right hand and round ...