Orbiculum

10th century (Early Byzantine)

12 cm 10.7 cm

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This roundel called and orbiculum would have decorated a tunic. A flowering tree divides the roundel in four segments. In the lower tier two birds of prey face each other while at the top two naked figures (possibly putti) sit holding the tree tendrils with their right hand.

Artifact

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26754
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Dikran Kelekian, New York and Paris; Henry Walters, Baltimore, by purchase; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.
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en
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