Close
Cart (0)
Login
Register
0
Selected
Invert selection
Deselect all
Deselect all
Click here to refresh results
Click here to refresh results
Go to Login page
Hide details
Conceptually similar
ART303353
ART307338
ART307339
ART305877
ART193573
ART193576
ART307960
ART193568
ART304439
ART201331
ART201330
ART140423
ART307962
ART346373
ART193494
ART307894
ART183402
ART546257
ART193575
ART545979
Figure of a winged beast, Parthian or Sasanian, c3rd century. Fabulous winged creature with fangs and pointed ears. It has been repaired several times and has a fourteenth-century Islamic inscription on one leg which cannot be read with certainty. It may have been found near the Helmand River, Afghanistan.
Location
British Museum/London/Great Britain
Unique Identifier
ART306109
Type
Image
Purpose
Public
Size
3072px × 2972px
Photo Credit
© The Trustees of the British Museum / Art Resource, NY
Add to lightbox
Add to cart
Tags
3rd century CE
Afghanistan, Topography
Bronze
Chimera, Fabulous Animal
Fantastic Creature
Figure, Sculpture
Mythical
Parthian (144 BCE-224 CE)
Sassanian (224-649 CE)
Sculpture
Wings