Pair of Protomes Depicting the Forepart of a Griffin

1. Fritz (1875-1962) and Harriet Kreisler (1869-1963), New York City; sold, Parke–Bernet Galleries, New York, October 3, 1963, lot 123. Michael Ward, New York City; sold to the Art Institute of Chicago, 1994.

Recorded by Art Institute of Chicago.

• Art Institute of Chicago, Ancient Art Galleries, Gallery 155, April 20, 1994 - February 6, 2012.
• Art Institute of Chicago, Silk Road and Beyond: Travel, Trade, and Transformation, September 30, 2006–October 2007.
• Art Institute of Chicago, Of Gods and Glamour: The Mary and Michael Jaharis Galleries of Greek, Roman, and Byzantine Art, Gallery 151, November 11, 2012 - present.

• Parke-Bernet Sotheby New York, Chinese Art: Jades and other semi-precious mineral carvings, early dynastic pottery and porcelain, single-color and decorated porcelains, Chinese & Archaic Greek Bronzes and other sculptures, Chinese lamps, a collection of Japanese costume dolls, Japanese and Chinese paintings: From the Estate of the Late Mrs. Fritz Kreisler. Sale cat. New York: Parke-Bernet Galleries, October 03, 1963.
• David Gordon Mitten, "Two Griffin Protomes" (Cambridge: Fogg Art Museum, 1964), pp.11-15, 19, fig. 1.
• Art Institute of Chicago, Annual Report: 1993-1994 (Art Institute of Chicago, 1994), p. 15.
• <a href=https://archive.artic.edu/cleo><em>Cleopatra: A Multi-Media Guide to the Ancient World</em></a> (Chicago: Art Institute of Chicago, 1997).
• Teaching Manual for Art of the Ancient Mediterranean World: Egypt, Greece, Italy (Art Institute of Chicago, 2002), pp. 58-59 (ill.).
• Karen Manchester, "Griffin Protomes," in The Silk Road and Beyond: Travel, Trade and Transformation, Museum Studies 33, 1 (Chicago: Art Institute of Chicago; New Haven: Yale University Press, 2007), pp. 80-1, (ill.).
• Karen Manchester, Recasting the Past: Collecting and Presenting Antiquities at the Art Institute of Chicago (Chicago: Art Institute of Chicago; New Haven: Yale University Press, 2012), pp. 48-49, 110, cat. 4.
• Karen B. Alexander, "From Plaster to Stone: Ancient Art at the Art Institute of Chicago," in Karen Manchester, Recasting the Past: Collecting and Presenting Antiquities at the Art Institute of Chicago (Chicago: Art Institute of Chicago; New Haven: Yale University Press, 2012),
• pp. 33, 39.
• The Art Institute of Chicago, The Essential Guide, (Art Institute of Chicago, 2013), p. 65.
• A.L. McClanan, Griffinology: The Griffin's Place in Myth, History and Art. (London: Reaktion Books Ltd., 2024), p. 26, fig. 13.

Marble statue of Eirene (the personification of peace)

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Terracotta volute-krater (bowl for mixing wine and water)

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Wood roundel with a bust of Dionysos

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Glass oinochoe

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Wrestler's Weight with Hercules and the Nemean Lion; Wrestling Scene (reverse)

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Marble grave relief with a funerary banquet and departing warriors

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Marble statue of a panther

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Marble statue of a lion

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

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