Two griffins attacking a fallen doe. Detail: Animal heads.

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GREEK CLASSIC Anonymous (480 BCE-323 BCE): Base for a table. The motif of griffins attacking a weaker animal symbolized the suppression of barbarism by civilization as well as the confrontation of the forces of life and death.

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