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Griffin with the wheel of Nemesis
Roman
Imperial Period
Medium/Technique
Bronze
Dimensions
Height: 6 cm (2 3/8 in.)
Credit Line
Gift of Jerome M. Eisenberg
Accession Number67.645
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAncient Greece and Rome
ClassificationsSculpture
Catalogue Raisonné
Greek, Etruscan, & Roman Bronzes (MFA), no. 173; Sculpture in Stone and Bronze (MFA), p. 121 (additional published references).
DescriptionA griffin is seated, with his raised right paw and foreleg placed on a wheel with four spokes. The figure is set on an oval plinth. The tip of the left wing and a small segment of the plinth have been restored. Even, light green patina.
ProvenanceBy date unknown: with Jerome M. Eisenberg, 1000 Madison Avenue, New York 10021 (said to come from Egypt); gift of Jerome M. Eisenberg to MFA, May 10, 1967