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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Salaethus, post: 4015645, member: 109856&quot;][ATTACH=full]1055952[/ATTACH]</p><p>A bronze Avar belt strap end depicting two griffins and a deer, dating to approximately the 8th century CE. The Avars were a nomadic tribe of horse-mounted warriors who occupied the Eurasian steppes and formed an Empire from the 6th-9th Century. They threatened, and at times protected the neighboring Byzantine Empire.</p><p><br /></p><p>Height: 1 1/2 in</p><p>Length: 4 in</p><p><br /></p><p>Ex. ArtAncient Ltd</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1055953[/ATTACH]</p><p>The rear half of a broken bronze Avar animal, probably a dog, dating to approximately the 8th Century CE. With chased decoration adorning the heavily stylized body, it is a piece of particularly fine workmanship, and likely intentionally broken in antiquity.</p><p><br /></p><p>Length: 2 3/4 inches</p><p><br /></p><p>Ex. ArtAncient Ltd</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1055969[/ATTACH]</p><p>An ancient red terracotta roundel, dating to the Byzantine period, approximately the 6th century CE. In this charming, rustic scene, a farmer, wearing a chiton or short tunic, is depicted standing beneath a date palm, pulling one of the branches down towards the ground to collect the thick bunches of fruit. To the right, a bird pecks at one of the bunches of dates, while a dog or a goat stands below, perhaps looking to catch some of the fallen fruit.</p><p><br /></p><p>Biblical narratives are a popular theme of roundels from the Byzantine period, yet this example simply depicts a scene of everyday life, something that you might very well still see today in the modern areas of the Byzantine East.</p><p><br /></p><p>Height: 3 1/2 inches</p><p>Length: 5 1/2 inches</p><p><br /></p><p>Ex. ArtAncient Ltd[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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