Entered Isabella Stewart Gardner's collection before 1921.
Dimensions
30.5 cm (12 in.)
Display Media
Marble
Dimension Notes
Height to rim: 21 cm (8 1/2 in)
Height to top of griffin head: 28.5 cm (11 1/4 in)
Diameter (griffin head to body): 30.5 cm (12 in)
Web Commentary
Isabella Stewart Gardner kept meticulous records of many of her acquisitions. In keeping with this legacy, object information is continually being reviewed, updated, and enriched in order to give greater access to the collection.
Permanent Gallery Location
Chinese Loggia
Bibliography
Gilbert Wendel Longstreet and Morris Carter. General Catalogue (Boston, 1935), p. 56. (as Roman)
Cornelius C. Vermeule III et al. Sculpture in the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum (Boston, 1977), p. 52, no. 74. (as Roman, late Julio Claudian or early Flavian, about 60-90 AD)
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Isabella Stewart Gardner kept meticulous records of many of her acquisitions. In keeping with this legacy, object information is continually being reviewed, updated, and enriched in order to give greater access to the collection.
