Bird-Shaped Brooch
Unknown Artist
second half 6th century
Medium
Gold sheet with filigree and granulation and inlays of garnet and glass
Dimensions
Overall: 3/4 x 1 1/2 x 3/8 in. (1.9 x 3.8 x 0.9 cm)
Classification
Metalwork-Gold
Culture
Frankish
Department
Medieval Art
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
Gift of J. Pierpont Morgan, 1917
Accession Number
17.192.176
Tags
Birds