GCR

GCR

Museum Exhibition

Catalogue of Works

Creatures of Myth and Imagination: Europe and the Americas

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

30 documented works

Back to exhibition
Stirrup-spout bottle with fox warrior

Moche artist(s)

Stirrup-spout bottle with fox warrior

500–800 CE

Ceramic, slip

H. 11 3/4 × W. 6 1/2 × D. 6 in. (29.8 × 16.5 × 15.2 cm)

View at museum
Tlaltecuhtli (earth deity)

Mexica artist(s)

Tlaltecuhtli (earth deity)

1450-1521

Stone

H. 20 in. × W. 16 1/2 in. × D. 5 in. (50.8 × 41.9 × 12.7 cm) Weight: 130 lbs.

View at museum
Evangelist Saint Mark writing the Gospel with his symbol, the Lion, holding a scroll

German

Evangelist Saint Mark writing the Gospel with his symbol, the Lion, holding a scroll

11th century

Elephant ivory

5 1/2 × 4 1/4 × 5/16 in. (13.9 × 10.8 × 0.8 cm)

View at museum
Plaque with the Symbol of the Evangelist Mark

French

Plaque with the Symbol of the Evangelist Mark

ca. 1100

Champlevé and cloisonné enamel on gilded copper

4 in. × 2 7/16 in. × 1/8 in. (10.1 × 6.2 × 0.3 cm)

View at museum
Plaque with the Symbol of the Evangelist Luke

French

Plaque with the Symbol of the Evangelist Luke

ca. 1100

Champlevé and cloisonné enamel on gilded copper

4 in. × 2 7/16 in. × 1/8 in. (10.1 × 6.2 × 0.3 cm)

View at museum
Medallion

French

Medallion

before 1227

Champlevé enamel on gilded copper

3 7/16 × 3/16 in. (8.7 × 0.5 cm)

View at museum
Head of a Crozier with Saint Michael Slaying the Dragon

French

Head of a Crozier with Saint Michael Slaying the Dragon

1220–30

Gilded copper with champlevé enamel and glass paste

12 13/16 × 4 15/16 × 2 3/4 in. (32.5 × 12.5 × 7 cm)

View at museum
Square-Headed Bow Brooch

Frankish

Square-Headed Bow Brooch

530–560

Gilded silver inlaid with niello; iron spring/pin

4 1/16 × 1 13/16 × 11/16 in. (10.3 × 4.6 × 1.8 cm)

View at museum
Lion

Spanish

Lion

after 1200

Fresco, mounted on canvas

10 ft. 11 in. × 11 ft. (332.7 × 335.3 cm) top panel: 83 in. × 11 ft. (210.8 × 335.3 cm) lower panel: 48 in. × 11 ft. (121.9 × 335.3 cm)

View at museum
Pricket Candlestick with a Naked Youth Fighting a Dragon

South Netherlandish

Pricket Candlestick with a Naked Youth Fighting a Dragon

ca. 1140–60

Gilded copper alloy

7 5/8 in. × 6 in. × 4 in. (19.4 × 15.2 × 10.2 cm)

View at museum
Drinking Bowl (Hanap)

Eastern European or Bosnian or Serbian (?)

Drinking Bowl (Hanap)

1350–75

Silver, and gilded silver

6 15/16 × 1 3/8 in. (17.6 × 3.5 cm)

View at museum
Aquamanile in the Form of a Dragon

North German

Aquamanile in the Form of a Dragon

ca. 1200

Copper alloy

8 3/8 × 7 3/16 × 4 3/8 in., 4.4 lb. (21.3 × 18.3 × 11.1 cm, 2 kg) wall thickness: 1/8 in. (0.3 cm)

View at museum
Base for a Statuette

South Netherlandish

Base for a Statuette

1470–80

Boxwood

3 1/2 × 4 7/8 × 3 3/8 in. (8.9 × 12.4 × 8.6 cm)

View at museum
Tabard

Chimú artist(s)

Tabard

1400–1600 CE

Cotton, feathers, plant fiber

H. 30 × W. 25 in. (76.2 × 63.5 cm)

View at museum
Aquamanile in the Form of a Unicorn

German

Aquamanile in the Form of a Unicorn

ca. 1425–50

Copper alloy

15 1/2 × 11 1/2 × 4 7/16 in., 6.8 lb. (39.4 × 29.2 × 11.3 cm, 3085g)

View at museum
Stirrup-spout bottle with peanut figure

Moche artist(s)

Stirrup-spout bottle with peanut figure

500–800 CE

Ceramic, slip

H. 8 in. × W. 6 1/8 in. (20.3 × 15.5 cm)

View at museum
Tuber-inspired stirrup-spout bottle

Moche artist(s)

Tuber-inspired stirrup-spout bottle

600–800 CE

Ceramic, slip

H. 12 1/2 × W. 8 1/2 × D. 12 1/2 in. (31.8 × 21.6 × 31.8 cm)

View at museum
Figure pendant

International or Initial Style artist(s)

Figure pendant

400–900 CE

Gold

H. 2 1/2 × W. 1 3/4 × D. 5/8 in. (6.4 × 4.4 × 1.6 cm)

View at museum
Double bird pendant

Coclé (Macaracas)

Double bird pendant

950-1100 CE

Gold, rose quartz

H. 1 3/4 × W. 1 9/16 × D. 1/2 in. (4.4 × 4 × 1.3 cm)

View at museum
Bird jar

Moche artist(s)

Bird jar

200–800 CE

Ceramic, slip

H. 11 9/16 × W. 8 1/4 × D. 10 3/8 in. (29.4 × 21 × 26.4 cm)

View at museum
Crocodile-head figure pendant

Chiriquí artist(s)

Crocodile-head figure pendant

700–1550 CE

Gold (cast alloy), pyrite inlay, hematite

H. 6 x W. 4 1/8 x D. 2 in. (15.2 x 10.5 x 5.1 cm)

View at museum
Nose ornament with intertwined creatures

Moche artist(s)

Nose ornament with intertwined creatures

500–800 CE

Gold, silver

H. 4 15/16 x W. 8 5/16 x D. 7/16 in. (12.5 x 21.1 x 1.1 cm)

View at museum
Square-Headed Bow Brooch

Anglo-Saxon

Square-Headed Bow Brooch

500–600

Gilded copper alloy inlaid with niello

5 3/8 in. × 3 in. × 15/16 in. (13.6 × 7.6 × 2.4 cm)

View at museum
Double crocodile pendant

Coclé (Macaracas) artist

Double crocodile pendant

950–1100 CE

Gold, shell

H. 3 3/4 × W. 3 × D. 1 1/2 in. (9.5 × 7.6 × 3.8 cm)

View at museum
Chuspa (coca bag)

Moche artist(s)

Chuspa (coca bag)

650-850 CE

Cotton, camelid hair, and dye

H. 5 x W. 6 in. (12.7 x 15.2 cm)

View at museum
Plaque with Censing Angels

French

Plaque with Censing Angels

ca. 1170–80

Champlevé enamel and gilded copper

4 5/16 x 8 11/16 x 1/8in. (11 x 22.1 x 0.3cm)

View at museum
The Crucifixion

French

The Crucifixion

ca. 1100

Gilded copper, cloisonné and champlevé enamel

4 1/16 × 1/8 in. (10.3 × 0.3 cm)

View at museum
Feathered serpent pendant

Mexica artist(s)

Feathered serpent pendant

1325–1521 CE

Shell

H. 1 5/8 × W. 1 7/8 × D. 1/4 in. (4.1 × 4.8 × 0.6 cm)

View at museum
Tecpatl (Mictlantecuhtli, Lord of the underworld)

Mexica (Aztec)

Tecpatl (Mictlantecuhtli, Lord of the underworld)

1502-1520 CE

Flint (silex), obsidian, pigments

2 3/4 × 5 7/8 in. (7 × 15 cm)

View at museum
Tecpatl (not identified with a specific god)

Mexica (Aztec)

Tecpatl (not identified with a specific god)

1502-1520 CE

Flint (silex), obsidian, pigments

2 3/16 × 2 1/2 in. (5.5 × 6.4 cm)

View at museum