Detail View: The AMICA Library: Belt Mount

AMICA ID: 
MMA_.17.190.1686
AMICA Library Year: 
2001
Object Type: 
Decorative Arts and Utilitarian Objects
Creator Nationality: 
Asian; Middle Eastern; Avar
Creator Name-CRT: 
Avar
Title: 
Belt Mount
View: 
Principal view
Creation Date: 
8th c.
Creation Start Date: 
700
Creation End Date: 
799
Materials and Techniques: 
Gold-cast; chased.
Dimensions: 
L. 4.2 cm
AMICA Contributor: 
The Metropolitan Museum of Art
Owner Location: 
New York, New York, USA
ID Number: 
17.190.1686
Credit Line: 
Gift of J. Pierpont Morgan, 1917
Rights: 
Provenance: 
Ex coll.: Rémy von Kwiatkowski, Austria, J. Pierpont Morgan, New York
Context: 
Found near Vrap, district of Pekinje, Albania in 1902
Related Image Identifier Link: 
MMA_.dp30432.tif