The Cleveland Museum of Art
Collection Online as of April 19, 2024
Dragon's Head
1100–1150
Overall: 6.4 cm (2 1/2 in.)
Location: 106C Medieval Treasury
Description
This exceedingly rare medieval carving, which recalls the more monumental carvings on Viking ship prows, may have been a finial for a diagonal member of a folding chair. The character of the head, the stylized acanthus leaves, and the foliage-spouting mask on the neck are characteristic of north European and Anglo-Norman Romanesque styles.- Thomas P. Miller, Raleigh, North Carolina.
- Gertsman, Elina and Barbara H. Rosenwein. The Middle Ages in 50 Objects. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2018. Mentioned: p. 68-71; Reproduced: p. 69
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Source URL:
https://www.clevelandart.org/art/1975.258