COLLECTION NAME:
The AMICA Library
Record
AMICA ID:
MMA_.1995.54
AMICA Library Year:
2001
Object Type:
Costume and Jewelry
Creator Nationality:
Asian; Anatolian; Byzantine
Creator Role:
tongue maker
Creator Name-CRT:
Buckle: Eastern Germanic; tongue: Byzantine
Creator Nationality:
European; Northern European; Germanic
Creator Role:
buckle maker
Creator Name-CRT:
Buckle: Eastern Germanic; tongue: Byzantine
Title:
Buckle
View:
Principal view
Creation Date:
ca. 500
Creation Start Date:
498
Creation End Date:
502
Materials and Techniques:
Tongue: gold-cast. Hinge: gold-wrought sheet; repoussé. Loop: quartz.
Dimensions:
L. 4.5 cm
AMICA Contributor:
The Metropolitan Museum of Art
Owner Location:
New York, New York, USA
ID Number:
1995.54
Credit Line:
Purchase, Rogers Fund; Alastair B. Martin, William Kelly Simpson, Scher Chemicals Inc., and Max Falk Gifts; and gifts From various donors, 1995
Provenance:
Ex coll.: Private collection, Germany; [Robert Haber & Associates, Inc., Ancient Art, New York (sold 1995)]
Context:
Buckle: Eastern Germanic; tongue: Byzantine
Related Image Identifier Link:
MMA_.dp30729.tif
