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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Bronwen, post: 695256, member: 5833&quot;]Trying to compare creatures.&nbsp; Difficult from photos alone.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]186603[/ATTACH]</p><p>[ATTACH=full]186604[/ATTACH]</p><p>[ATTACH=full]186605[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>The ones on the Met&#039;s box have leonine heads with horns.&nbsp; The feathers of the wings are indicated mainly by shaping the lower edge to echo the grape leaves.&nbsp; There&#039;s a loop in the tail.&nbsp; Being imaginary creatures, no reason they can&#039;t all be different.&nbsp; The way the wings are rendered may be a telltale sign.&nbsp; Having looked at many winged figures on cameos, have seen there are all sorts of ways to feather them, &amp; suspect technique of each carver probably distinctive.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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