Roundel with Winged Horse
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The extended tongue and long tail of this winged creature suggest that it may be a griffin, a part-lion, part-eagle emblem of power and protection common to the Byzantine and islamic worlds. The ultimate inspiration for this fragment may have been Sasanian, as it also resembles a winged horse with beribboned feet. Traces of another medallion at the lower edge of this piece suggest that it may have come from a hanging or other textile decorated with a repeat pattern of such roundels.
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