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Button with Curled Griffin (Harness Ornament) (Main View, front)
Unknown
The J. Paul Getty Museum
Los Angeles, United States
Raised from a single sheet of gold. Reclining griffin with hooves turned toward the back and curled up. Eyes and ears originally (probably) were inlaid with stones. The tail ends in a small griffin's head. There is a horizontally placed pin for fastening the button on the inside. The button decorated, in all probability, the crossing points of a horse's harness straps.
Details
- Title: Button with Curled Griffin (Harness Ornament) (Main View, front)
- Creator: Unknown
- Date Created: 100 B.C.–A.D. 50
- Location Created: Central Asia
- Physical Dimensions: 2.4 × 3 cm (15/16 × 1 3/16 in.)
- Type: Button
- External Link: Find out more about this object on the Museum website.
- Medium: Gold
- Terms of Use: Open Content
- Number: 82.AM.99.4.3
- Culture: Bactrian
- Credit Line: The J. Paul Getty Museum, Villa Collection, Malibu, California
- Creator Display Name: Unknown
- Classification: Implements (Object Genre)
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