{"product_id":"seated-winged-griffin-beige-marble-statue-200cm","title":"Seated Winged Griffin Beige Marble Statue - 200cm","description":"\u003ch3\u003eDescription\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eA griffin sits back on its haunches with an eagle's head and hooked open beak, the head and neck laid in overlapping scale-like feathers and two feathered wings raised behind the shoulders. Below them the body is a lion's, with heavy forelegs, clawed feet and a tufted tail curling up along the flank. It sits on a fluted pedestal with a moulded cap.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch2\u003eAn Eagle Head on a Lion Body in One Marble Block\u003c\/h2\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe join between the two halves of the creature is the whole difficulty: the feathered neck has to meet the muscled shoulder without a seam in the modelling, and the change of texture is what carries it. The scale feathers are cut in overlapping rows from the crown down to the chest, each one undercut so it throws its own shadow, and the lion coat below is left smooth so the eye reads the boundary as intended rather than as a mistake. The raised wings are the most exposed work on the piece and are freed last.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA seated beast reads upward rather than along its length, so this suits a doorway, a gate pier, the top of a stair or flanking a broad walled entrance where the added height tells. The pedestal is part of the piece and lifts the head well above eye level, so allow room to stand back from it. It needs a firm level bed and no foundation beyond a compacted base.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch2\u003eThe Porous Beige Bed and What It Does\u003c\/h2\u003e\u003cp\u003eFourteen weeks. The pedestal is cut and its flutes run first, then the beast is blocked out above it, wings held as thick slabs until the body is finished so they cannot be knocked through. The beak and the raised wing tips are the last work on the piece. Nothing is pinned or filled anywhere, and each course beds dry upon the one below. Our main studios are in the UK (Birmingham) and Dubai, with additional global workshops. Around 4,668kg in two courses, craned onto a prepared concrete pad.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eOther winged beasts are gathered in \u003ca href=\"\/collections\/animal-sculptures\"\u003eanimal sculptures\u003c\/a\u003e, and the warm stones under \u003ca href=\"\/collections\/marble-sculptures\"\u003emarble sculptures\u003c\/a\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eSpecification\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003ctable class=\"spec_table\"\u003e\u003ctbody\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eHeight\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e200cm\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eBase\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eIncluded\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eMaterial\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eHand-Carved Natural Marble\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003c\/tbody\u003e\u003c\/table\u003e","brand":"Giant Sculptures","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53877701345627,"sku":"MST-ANI-039","price":37546.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0869\/3383\/2027\/files\/MST-ANI-039_1.jpg?v=1787650992","url":"https:\/\/giant-sculptures.com\/products\/seated-winged-griffin-beige-marble-statue-200cm","provider":"Giant Sculptures","version":"1.0","type":"link"}