Продам: Vase with griffins, Bogeimiya, line 19-20 centuries

[yasuna69]

Dear colleagues!
Offered for sale is such a unusual thing .
Vase ( amphora ) with griffins and earthenware , Austria ( Bohemia ) the end of the 19th century. Total height - approx. 30 cm, without lid - approx. 22 cm, diameter approx bottoms . 9 cm , the distance between the heads of griffins - approx. 27 cm , diameter of the neck - approx. 5.5 cm Torso griffins similar spout , ie liquid from the vessel follows from the jaws of a griffin . There is little loss of fine detail sculptures ( chipped ears , horns of one of the griffins , dragons tail tip on the cover) .
 Discussed here : http://www.antik-forum.ru/forum/showthread.php?t=60777
 Is - Ukraine , Crimea.
 For all questions please write to yasuna69@mail.ru

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[uriart]

yasuna69, in general it is not griffins, and chimeras.

[yasuna69]

Сообщение от uriart

yasuna69, in general it is not griffins , and chimeras .

Dear colleague , I beg to differ with your opinion. Without getting into the wilds of ancient mythology , and turning to the banal Wikipedia , see the following:
" Griffins - the mythical winged creature with the body of a lion, an eagle's head and a lion. Have sharp claws and white or golden wings . Griffins - contradictory creatures simultaneously uniting heaven and earth , good and evil . Their role in the various myths and literature is ambiguous . They can act as advocates , supporters, and how evil , nothing restrained animals . "

" Chimera ( al-Greek. . Χίμαιρα, letters. " Young goat ") - in Greek mythology monster with the head and neck of a lion, body of a goat , a serpent 's tail ; offspring of Typhon and Echidna ... nursed her likiets Amisodar . First mention Chimera is about the sixth song "Iliad" , which says that it was of divine origin - in front of a lion, body of a goat , a snake's tail , and she spews fire from its mouth . "

Thus , the main feature to determine breed this cute little animals is the presence of wings.

Besides, if the griffin and still represents a good start ( for example, the use of this image in heraldry ), the chimera was originally a purely negative character .
 
Of course, on this occasion, we can argue , and remembering the House with Chimeras , and overlap images chimeras and gargoyles , but , in my opinion , in this case kokretno special significance it has not.

Sincerely .