Panel with Cross and Griffins, 500–700
Byzantine; Made in Egypt
Wood; W. 6 1/2 in. (16.5 cm), L. 18 1/4 in. (46.4 cm)
Rogers Fund, 1928 (28.12)
Technical Glossary
Byzantine; Made in Egypt
Wood; W. 6 1/2 in. (16.5 cm), L. 18 1/4 in. (46.4 cm)
Rogers Fund, 1928 (28.12)
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.
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Related Index Terms
Art Movement/Style
Material and Technique
- • Sculpture, In the Round
- • Sculpture, In the Round, Africa
- • Sculpture, In the Round, Europe
- • Sculpture, in the Round, Europe, France
- • Sculpture, Relief
- • Wood, Furniture
- • Wood, organized by technique
- • Wood, organized by technique, Carved
- • Wood, Sculpture Relief
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Subject Matter/Theme
Technical Glossary
- • Wood
