Buckle with a Lion

Creator

Preview

Creation Date

8th–11th centuries

Geography

Eastern Mediterranean; possibly Syria

Culture

Byzantine

Medium

Bronze

Dimensions

1 1/2 x 7/8 in.

Credit Line

Bequest of David P. Harris ('46), 2020

Accession Number

2020.122

Provenance

Purchased by David P. Harris from Julia Schottlander (Tetragon) in London on October 23, 1993.

References

Brad Hostetler, with Ani Parnagian, "From Private to Public: The Collection of David P. Harris," in Ethiopian Objects in the Blick-Harris Study Collection: Art, Context, and the Persistence of Form, eds. Brad Hostetler, and Lynn Jones, Peregrinations: Journal of Medieval Art & Architecture 8, no. 1 (Spring 2022): 5–25. https://digital.kenyon.edu/perejournal/vol8/iss1/1/