COLLECTION NAME:
The AMICA Library
Record
AMICA ID:
MMA_.17.190.1698
AMICA Library Year:
2001
Object Type:
Decorative Arts and Utilitarian Objects
Creator Nationality:
Asian; Middle Eastern; Avar
Creator Name-CRT:
Avar
Title:
Belt Hole Guard
View:
Principal view
Creation Date:
8th c.
Creation Start Date:
700
Creation End Date:
799
Materials and Techniques:
Gold-cast; chased.
Dimensions:
L. 2.6 cm
AMICA Contributor:
The Metropolitan Museum of Art
Owner Location:
New York, New York, USA
ID Number:
17.190.1698
Credit Line:
Gift of J. Pierpont Morgan, 1917
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_.dp30443.tif
