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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11/18/2025
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