Hanging Lamp with a Griffin’s Head

Unknown Artist

4th–6th century

Hanging Lamp with a Griffin’s Head by Unknown Artist

Medium

Copper alloy

Dimensions

Overall: 6 1/2 x 9 3/16 x 3 1/16 in. (16.5 x 23.3 x 7.7 cm) Chain length: 12 3/8 in. (31.4 cm)

Classification

Metalwork-Copper alloy

Culture

Byzantine

Department

Medieval Art

Museum

Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY

Credit

Gift of Mr. and Mrs. J.J. Klejman, 1962

Accession Number

62.7.1

Tags

Griffins

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