A MINOAN GRIFFIN
#griffin #minoan #Larnax
The Griffins from the Knossos Throne room for various pieces of century or seal rings are better known than this work which is somewhat less refined.
It makes me think of some later Protgeometric and Geometric period art. The wings however instead of being furled or seen in profile are spread up and down across the clay panel which is one side of an larnax. The idea of the griffin being near a plant in bloom is very Minoan and we can see an avian crest and a tapered beak plus a leonine tail. This shows us how far back stories about griffins existed.
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