Lot no. 126
BELT BUCKLE IN BRONZE INLAID WITH GLASS
Visigothic art, circa 6th century AD
Rectangular plate in cloisonné bronze, set with yellow glass forming a rectangle surrounded by engraved geometric friezes and finished at the corners with cupules. It is flanked by an oval loop and its engraved barb.
Missing.
Length: 10.3 cm
Provenance: Hermann Historica, Auktion 59, Munich, 12 April 2010: no. 311 (ill.)
Christian Levett Collection, Musée d'Art Classique de Mougins
Exhibitions: Nice à l'école de l'Histoire, Musée Massena, Nice, 24 June - 15 October 2017
Musée d'Art Classique de Mougins (MACM), Mougins, France, June 2011-August 2023
Bibliography: M. Junkelmann, "Roman Militaria" in M. Merrony (ed.), Mougins Museum of Classical Art, France, 2011, p. 265, fig. 85
B. Dimézil, "La croisée des mondes entre Antiquité et Moyen Âge" in J.-J. Aillagon (ed.), Nice à l'école de l'Histoire, France, 2017, p. 103
A Visigothic glass inlaid bronze belt buckle,
Circa 6th century A.D.
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