Belt Buckle with Griffin

Description Exhibitions Provenance Credit

Description This buckle is worked in repoussé and engraved. It has a slot and knob that fastened a belt.

Exhibitions

Jewelry - Ancient to Modern. The Walters Art Gallery, Baltimore. 1979-1980.
Excursions through the Collection: Portraiture, Adornment, and the Natural World. 2019-2020.

Provenance [Said to be from a tomb near Olbia, Parutino, Ukraine]; Peter Mavrogordato [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; F. L. van Gans, Frankfurt [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; Galerie Bachstitz, The Hague; Henry Walters, Baltimore, 1921, by purchase; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.

Credit Acquired by Henry Walters, 1921

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Creators

Greek (?) (Artist)
Pontic (?) (Artist)

Period

1st century BC (Hellenistic)

Medium

gold
(Gold, Silver & Jewelry)

Accession Number

57.373

Measurements

2 5/8 x 1 7/16 in. (6.6 x 3.6 cm)

Geographies

Turkey (Pontos) (Place of Origin)
Ukraine, Parutino (Olbia) (Place of Discovery)
Greece (Place of Origin)

Location Within Museum

Excursions through the Collection - Portraiture, Adornment, and the Natural World