An extremely important and rare massive limestone Chimera Six Dynasties, first half of 6th century the ferocious beast powerfully striding forward in an alert and threatening pose, with head held high and chest thrown out, the mouth wide open baring its teeth in a fierce and vicious roar, staring intensely through large bulging eyes above flared nostrils and funnel-form ears set between swirling locks of hair at the mouth and brows, the long sinuous beard falling to a curled tip at the broad, protruding chest accentuated with pronounced ribbing, all below two slender horns curving down from the top of the head to the neck, arching in an elegant S-curve to the body, flanked by a pair of elaborately carved wings extending back from the front haunches on either side of the gently ridged spine, embellished in low relief with frond-like scales, stand Quantity: 2 42 1/2 by 46 1/2 in., 108 by 118 cm
An extremely important and rare massive limestone Chimera Six Dynasties, first half of 6th century the ferocious beast powerfully striding forward in an alert and threatening pose, with head held high and chest thrown out, the mouth wide open baring its teeth in a fierce and vicious roar, staring intensely through large bulging eyes above flared nostrils and funnel-form ears set between swirling locks of hair at the mouth and brows, the long sinuous beard falling to a curled tip at the broad, protruding chest accentuated with pronounced ribbing, all below two slender horns curving down from the top of the head to the neck, arching in an elegant S-curve to the body, flanked by a pair of elaborately carved wings extending back from the front haunches on either side of the gently ridged spine, embellished in low relief with frond-like scales, stand Quantity: 2 42 1/2 by 46 1/2 in., 108 by 118 cm
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