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Applique: Griffin head

Survey photo by Julie Creahan

Applique: Griffin head

5th century B.C.

Northern Iranian

Gold
1 3/16 x 1 7/16 in. (3.02 x 3.65 cm)
Eugene Fuller Memorial Collection
57.57
Provenance: [Khalil Rabenou, Persian Antiquities, New York, NY]; purchased from Mr. Rabenou by Seattle Art Museum (Eugene Fuller Memorial Collection), 1956, accessioned 1957
Survey photo by Julie Creahan
location
Not currently on view

Resources

Exhibition HistorySeattle, Washington, Seattle Art Museum, Going For Gold, November 3, 2012 - December 8, 2013

Los Angeles, California, Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Jewelry of the Ancient World, May 20, 1969 - July 13, 1969
Published ReferencesThe Art Quarterly, Summer 1957, p. 204, illus. p. 209

Jewelry of the Ancient World, Los Angeles, CA: Los Angeles County Museum, 1969, cat. no. 67.

Rogers, Millard B., Engagement Book: Iranian Art in the Seattle Art Museum, Seattle, WA: Seattle Art Museum, 1972, fig. 14

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