Lot no. 127
BELT BUCKLE IN BRONZE INLAID WITH GLASS
Visigothic art, circa 6th century AD
An ovoid plate in cloisonné bronze, set with glass forming a stylised eagle's head, flanked by an oval buckle and its barb with engraved decoration.
Missing.
Length: 6.8 cm
Provenance: Hermann Historica, Auktion 59, Munich, 12 April 2010: no. 310 (ill.)
Christian Levett Collection, Musée d'Art Classique de Mougins
Exhibitions: 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. 84
A Visigothic glass inlaid bronze belt buckle,
Circa 6th century A.D.
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