addorsed birds holding a leaf roundel, unknown maker from Italy

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addorsed birds holding a leaf roundel
addorsed birds holding a leaf roundel
addorsed birds holding a leaf roundel
1100s
addorsed birds holding a leaf roundel , 1100s
Where object was made: Venice, Republic of Venice (present-day Italy)
Material/technique: marble
Dimensions:
Object Diameter (Diameter): 34.3 cm
Object Diameter (Diameter): 13 1/2 in
Credit line: Museum purchase through The Kansas University Endowment Association
Accession number: 1958.0035
Not on display
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Exhibition Label: "Empire of Things," 2013, Kate Meyer Venice prospered as a significant trading power with a reach extending far into the eastern Mediterranean regions of the Byzantine and Islamic empires. Merchants obtained trading privileges from the emperors, establishing relationships in Cairo, Damascus, Istanbul, and Tripoli, among other major cities. Venice’s centuries-long commercial contact with the Near East also stimulated artistic production. Workshops in and around medieval Venice reproduced and reworked ancient Near Eastern decorative motifs, such as the attacking eagle and hare and the perhaps more peaceful pair of birds with a leaf, both depicted here on these roundels.