Scythian griffin

I didn't even have Art 101 in college, so I'm the first to admit that my knowledge base is minimal.  If someone had shown me this sculpture as an unknown, I would have pegged it as being modern art.  Imagine my surprise to discover that it dates from the 4th century BC:

Scythian Griffin holding a stag head in its beak.
From Pazyryk, Russian Altai mountains, 4th century B.C.
Saint Petersburg, State Hermitage Museum.

Found at petrus.agricola's Flickr photostream, via Merisoniom.