Lot no. 128
BELT BUCKLE IN BRONZE INLAID WITH GLASS
Visigothic art, circa 6th century AD
Rectangular plate in cloisonné bronze, set with glass forming geometric motifs, flanked by an oval buckle and its barb with engraved decoration.
Missing.
Length: 13.8 cm
Provenance: Hermann Historica, Auktion 59, Munich, 12 April 2010: no. 308 (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. 83
A Visigothic glass inlaid bronze belt buckle,
Circa 6th century A.D.
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