Architectural ElementsItalian19th-20th century
Serpent, Bird and Human-Faced Lion
19th-20th century
Artists
Unidentified ArtistArtist
Dimensions
86 x 22.4 x 19.3 cm (33 7/8 x 8 13/16 x 7 5/8 in.)
Provenance
[Adolph Loewi], sold; to the Honrable and Mrs. Robert Woods Bliss, Washington, D.C., 1937, gift; to Dumbarton Oaks Research Library and Collection, Washington, D. C. , 1940, transferred; to Fogg Art Museum, 1965
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