Currently not on view
Plaque with griffin,
10th–12th century
Russian (?)
y1929-34
Information
Title
Plaque with griffin
Dates
10th–12th century
Medium
Ivory
Dimensions
3.5 x 6.4 x 0.5 cm (1 3/8 x 2 1/2 x 3/16 in.)
Credit Line
Gift of Frank Jewett Mather Jr.
Object Number
y1929-34
Culture
Materials
Given by Frank Jewett Mather Jr to the Museum
- Slobodan Curcic and Archer St. Clair, Byzantium at Princeton: Byzantine art and archaeology at Princeton University: catalogue of an exhibition at Firestone Library, Princeton University, August 1 through October 26, 1986, (Princeton, NJ: Dept. of Art and Archaeology, Princeton University, The Art Museum, Princeton University, Princeton University Library, Dept. of Rare Books and Special Collections, 1986)., no. 171; p. 145
- Susan Heuck Allen, Survival of the gods: classical mythology in Medieval art, (Providence, RI: David Winton Bell Gallery, Brown University, 1987)., p. 135, fig. 38
- Archer St. Clair, Elizabeth Parker McLachlan, The carver's art, Medieval sculpture in ivory, bone, and horn, (New Brunswick: Zimmerli Art Museum, Rutgers University, 1989)., cat. no. 58
- Janetta Rebold Benton, Medieval monsters: dragons and fantastic creatures: Katonah Museum of Art, January 15-April 16, 1995, (Katonah, NY: Katonah Museum of Art, 1994). , p. 22; fig. 59
