Dragon's Head

1100–1150
Overall: 6.4 cm (2 1/2 in.)
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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.
Dragon's Head

Dragon's Head

1100–1150

Anglo-Norman?, Romanesque period, 12th century

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