Dumbarton Oaks - Belt Applique with Crouching Animal

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Belt Applique with Crouching Animal

Avar
late 7th century - 8th century
15/16 in. x 1 5/16 in. (2.4 cm x 3.3 cm)
bronze
BZ.1929.16

Not on view

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Description

From a set of 8 openwork belt ornaments cast in bronze (BZ.1929.9 - 16). All are belt ornaments of crouching griffons, except for BZ.1929.12, which is of scrolls with leaves. Cast, with openwork decoration.

Bibliography

M. Ross, Jewelry, Enamels and Art of the Migration Period, Catalogue of the Byzantine and Early Mediaeval Antiquities in the Dumbarton Oaks Collection, Vol. II, (Washington, DC, 1965), no. 168, pl. 84.

Handbook of the Dumbarton Oaks Collection, Harvard University (Washington, DC, 1955), no. 152.

Acquisition History

Purchased through Royall Tyler from Kalebdjian, 1929.

Mr. and Mrs. Robert Bliss, Dumbarton Oaks.

Harvard University, The Dumbarton Oaks Research Library and Collection, November 1940.

Dumbarton Oaks Research Library and Collection, Byzantine Collection, Washington, D.C.

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Object Last Modified: 11/16/2023