On view
Ancient Mediterranean Art
Engraved gem depicting a griffin with wings spread,
ca. 1450 – 1380 BCE
Cretan
Minoan Bronze Age, late Minoan II–IIIA, ca. 1450–1100 BCE, ca. 3300–1100 BCE
y1970-75
Information
Title
Engraved gem depicting a griffin with wings spread
Dates
ca. 1450 – 1380 BCE
Medium
Carnelian
Dimensions
h. 1.6 cm., w. 2.1 cm., d. 0.8 cm. (5/8 x 13/16 x 5/16 in.)
Credit Line
The Collection of Virginia Aldrich Van Vleck, Gift of Joseph Van Vleck Jr., Class of 1923
Object Number
y1970-75
Place Made
Europe, Crete
Culture
Period
Type
Subject
Formerly in the collection of Virginia Aldrich Van Vleck; later given to the Museum in 1970 by Joseph Van Vleck Jr.
- Barbara Ann Forbes, Catalogue of engraved gems in The Art Museum. Dissertation (Berkeley, CA: University of California, Berkeley, 1978)., p. 153; pl. 34:143
- Barbara A. Forbes, "The Princeton Art Museum's collection of classical and classicizing engraved gemstones," Record of the Art Museum, Princeton University 54, no. 1 (1995): p. 23-29., p. 23, figs. 1–2
