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Z46.3 WINGED TIGER

Winged Tiger | Greco-Roman mosaic
DETAILS
Museum Collection Istanbul Archaeology Museums, Istanbul
Catalogue No. -
Type Mosaic
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Date -
Period Late Roman

DESCRIPTION

A winged tiger with the horns of a goat bites into a lizard. This fabulous creature was traditionally associated with the god Dionysus--a pair of the beasts decorate a marble throne of the god in the Louvre Museum.