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Applique Fragment

Date

350–300 B.C.

Medium

Terracotta, clay slip, foil gilding

Culture

Greek (South Italian, Tarantine)

Department

Sculpture

Institution

Getty Museum

This fragment of a Tarentine appliqué preserves the headless body of a griffin with truncated back legs and the right wing, which spans the length of its abdomen. The figure is symmetrical to 80.AD.89.2, which is better preserved. Both show extensive traces of the original gilding.

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