Belt Buckle with a Griffin

Unknown Artist

second half 6th century

Belt Buckle with a Griffin by Unknown Artist

Medium

Copper alloy, "tinned" surface

Dimensions

Overall: 1 3/4 x 3 15/16 x 9/16 in. (4.4 x 10 x 1.4 cm)

Classification

Metalwork-Copper alloy

Culture

Frankish

Department

Medieval Art

Museum

Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY

Credit

Gift of J. Pierpont Morgan, 1917

Accession Number

17.191.226

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