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        "tombstone": "Griffin Protome, 625\u2013575 BCE. Greece, Ionian. Bronze; overall: 13.9 cm (5 1/2 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, The Charles W. Harkness Endowment Fund, 1927.146",
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        "title": "Griffin Protome",
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        "measurements": "Overall: 13.9 cm (5 1/2 in.)",
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                    "id": 310042,
                    "title": "Images of the Mind",
                    "description": "<i>Images of the Mind</i>. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (July 7-August 30, 1987).",
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                "description": "(Ludwig Pollak, Rome, Italy, sold to the Cleveland Museum of Art)",
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        "did_you_know": "Fossilized <em>Protoceratops</em> dinosaur bones may lie behind the eagle/lion form of the mythical griffin.",
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        "description": "This bird-like head and neck, with sharp beak and tongue, belongs to a griffin, a fantastic bird/lion hybrid prominently found in both Greek and Near Eastern artwork. Often, as here, the griffin has large upright ears (probably feline, in keeping with its lion body) as well as a knob-like projection atop its head. The scaly neck terminates in a flange once pierced with holes for connection to the shoulder of a large bronze cauldron, which would have been ornamented with three or more such griffins.",
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                "citation": "Benson, J. L. 1960. \u201cUnpublished Griffin Protomes in American Collections.\u201d Antike Kunst 3 (2): 58\u201370.",
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