Pitcher
Unknown
ca. 1100–1150 · Copper alloy, cast · Medieval Art
The griffins and lions decorating this pitcher attest to the popularity of Islamic designs on luxury goods made during the 1100s in southern Italy, where Byzantine, Muslim, and Western styles of art comfortably coexisted under the patronage of Norman kings.
- Artist
- Unknown
- Date
- ca. 1100–1150
- Medium
- Copper alloy, cast
- Culture
- South Italian
- Department
- Medieval Art
- Credit line
- Gift of Irwin Untermyer, 1964
