Harness Pendant with Confronted Beasts, 500–600, Visigothic, Leaded brass, Overall: 3 1/2 x 3 x 3/16 in. (8.9 x 7.6 x 0.5 cm), Metalwork-Brass, The Visigoths enjoyed lively commercial contacts with lands all around the Mediterranean. This pendant reveals the familiarity of their artists with motifs from Greece and the Near East. Above the heads of the beasts is the loop through which a harness strap could be passed
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