COLLECTION NAME:
The AMICA Library
Record
AMICA ID:
MMA_.17.193.72-.73
AMICA Library Year:
2001
Object Type:
Costume and Jewelry
Creator Nationality:
European; Frankish
Creator Name-CRT:
Frankish
Title:
Pair of Square-Headed Bow Brooches
View:
Additional view
Creation Date:
Second half 6th c.
Creation Start Date:
550
Creation End Date:
599
Materials and Techniques:
Silver-cast relief; chased, punched; inlaid-niello; gilt. Pin: iron.
Dimensions:
L. 10.1 cm, 10 cm
AMICA Contributor:
The Metropolitan Museum of Art
Owner Location:
New York, New York, USA
ID Number:
17.193.72-.73
Credit Line:
Gift of J. Pierpont Morgan, 1917
Provenance:
Ex coll.: Friedrich Queckenberg, Niederbreisig, Germany; Joseph Queckenberg, Niederbreisig, Germany; J. Pierpont Morgan, New York
Context:
From Niederbreisig (Rheinland Pfalz, Germany)
Related Image Identifier Link:
MMA_.dp30047.tif
