COLLECTION NAME:
The AMICA Library
Record
AMICA ID:
MMA_.28.12
AMICA Library Year:
2002
Object Type:
Decorative Arts and Utilitarian Objects
Description:
This wooden panel, possibly from a piece of furniture, is decorated with three roundels like those on textiles. A Greek cross is flanked by a pair of confronted griffins, mythological creatures whose images were often represented in the art of the ancient world .
Creator Nationality:
Asian; Anatolian; Byzantine
Creator Dates/Places:
Made in Egypt
Creator Name-CRT:
Byzantine
Title:
Panel with Cross and Griffins
View:
Principal view
Creation Date:
500?700
Creation Start Date:
500
Creation End Date:
700
Materials and Techniques:
Wood
Dimensions:
W. 6 1/2 in. (16.5 cm), L. 18 1/4 in. (46.4 cm)
AMICA Contributor:
The Metropolitan Museum of Art
Owner Location:
New York, New York
ID Number:
28.12
Credit Line:
Rogers Fund, 1928
Copyright:
Copyright ? 2002 The Metropolitan Museum of Art. All rights reserved.
Related Image Identifier Link:
MMA_.h1_28.12.tif
