Detail View: The AMICA Library: Buckle

AMICA ID: 
MMA_.17.190.1662
AMICA Library Year: 
2001
Object Type: 
Costume and Jewelry
Creator Nationality: 
European; Northern European; Lombard
Creator Name-CRT: 
Langobardic, perhaps made in Constantinople
Title: 
Buckle
View: 
Principal view
Creation Date: 
6th-7th c.
Creation Start Date: 
500
Creation End Date: 
699
Materials and Techniques: 
Attachment plate: gold-wrought sheet; wire-beaded; granulation. Tongue: gold-wrought sheet; setting. Loop: gold.
Creation Place: 
possibly Constantinople
Dimensions: 
L. 5.9 cm
AMICA Contributor: 
The Metropolitan Museum of Art
Owner Location: 
New York, New York, USA
ID Number: 
17.190.1662
Credit Line: 
Gift of J. Pierpont Morgan, 1917
Rights: 
Provenance: 
Ex coll.: J. Pierpont Morgan, New York
Related Image Identifier Link: 
MMA_.dp30211.tif