"Medieval Gilt Bronze Buckle Plate: Griffin"
Gilt bronze buckle plate with bas-relief decoration of a griffin in profile raising its right foreleg; four rivets on the reverse.12th/13th century
L.: 4.7 cm. The style of this griffin decorating this pretty belt or harness element can be compared to those embroidered on the Clare Chasuble kept at the Victoria and Albert Museum (inv. 673-1864, fig.).
Embroidered in England in 1272-1294, they are considered to belong to an older style inherited from the Romanesque period.
Some very slight losses and deformation. Some traces of concretion.
Very decoratif medieval item.
Provenance: Art Market (Paris).
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