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Button with Curled Griffin (Harness Ornament)

Date

100 B.C.–A.D. 50

Medium

Gold

Culture

Bactrian

Department

Implements

Institution

Getty Museum

Raised from a single sheet of gold. Reclining griffin with hooves turned toward the back and curled up. Eyes and ears originally (probably) were inlaid with stones. The tail ends in a small griffin's head. There is a horizontally placed pin for fastening the buttons on the inside. The button decorated, in all probability, the crossing points of a horse's harness straps.

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