Door lintel with lion-griffins and vase with lotus leaf
Details
- Palette
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- Medium
- Limestone
- Dimensions
- 28 1/8 × 66 1/2 × 4 in. (71.4 × 168.9 cm × 10.2 cm)
- Origin
- Parthian
- Department
- Ancient West Asian Art
- Holding institution
- The Metropolitan Museum of Art
- Image provider
- metropolitan-museum-of-art
- License
- CC0-1.0
- Credit
- Purchase, Joseph Pulitzer Bequest, 1932
Art Genome Taxonomy
11 tags
Artistic Disciplines
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Architecture Metadata · 98%
The catalog classifies the work as a door lintel, an architectural element.
Subject Matter
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Animals Both · 99%
The title identifies lion-griffins, and the image visibly shows two winged, leonine creatures.
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Hybrids and Imaginary Creatures Both · 99%
The paired figures combine leonine bodies with wings and other fantastical features; the title explicitly calls them lion-griffins.
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Flora Both · 93%
The title refers to a lotus leaf, and a stylized vegetal form rises from the central vase.
Visual Qualities
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Symmetrical Visual · 98%
The composition is organized around a central vase, with nearly mirrored winged creatures facing inward from either side.
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Highly Ornamented Visual · 86%
The wings, manes, tails, vase, vegetal motif, and border are articulated with repeated incised and raised details across the surface.
Medium and Techniques
Time Periods
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Ancient Art Metadata · 94%
The catalog dates the lintel to approximately the 2nd through early 3rd century CE, placing it within ancient art.
Materials
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Stone Both · 99%
The catalog identifies the medium as limestone, while the image visibly shows a pale carved stone slab.
Tableware, Vessels, and Objects
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Vase Both · 98%
A central handled vase-like form is clearly visible, and the title identifies it as a vase.
Source & rights
Unknown artist. Door lintel with lion-griffins and vase with lotus leaf. The Metropolitan Museum of Art.