Detail View: The AMICA Library: Buckle
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AMICA ID:
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MMA_.1986.341
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AMICA Library Year:
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2001
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Object Type:
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Costume and Jewelry
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Creator Nationality:
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European; Northern European; Germanic
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Creator Name-CRT:
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Germanic, probably made in Constantinople
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Title:
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Buckle
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View:
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Principal view
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Creation Date:
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5th
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Creation Start Date:
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400
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Creation End Date:
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499
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Materials and Techniques:
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Attachment plate and loop: gold-wrought sheet; cells-garnets (patterned foil). Backplate: gold-wrought; applied to hinge strap. Tongue: gold-wrought.
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Creation Place:
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probably Constantinople
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Dimensions:
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L. 3.4 cm
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AMICA Contributor:
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The Metropolitan Museum of Art
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Owner Location:
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New York, New York, USA
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ID Number:
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1986.341
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Credit Line:
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Purchase, Rogers Fund, Alastair B. Martin, Norbert Schimmel Foundation, Inc., and Levey Hermanos Foundation , Inc., Gifts and Funds from various donors, 1986
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Rights:
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Provenance:
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Ex coll.: David Egger, Budapest; Samuel Egger, Vienna; [sale Sotheby, Wilkinson & Hodge, London 1891]; Lt. General Augustus Pitt-Rivers, Farnham, Dorset, England; [Alistair McAlpine, London, 1986]; [Michael Ward, Inc., New York]
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Context:
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From Komárom-Szöny, Hungary
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Related Image Identifier Link:
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MMA_.dp30219.tif
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