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LOT 1302
Byzantine Bronze Buckle and Openwork Plate
7TH-8TH CENTURY A.D.
2 1/2 in. (20.39 grams, 64 mm).
Comprising integral plate and loop, with articulated flat tongue; openwork design of lobed crosses around a cinquefoil; rivet to each corner (two absent). [No Reserve]
ProvenanceAcquired on the UK art market before 2000.
Property of an Essex, UK, gentleman.
See Wamser L. and Zahlhaas, G., Rom und Byzanz, Archaologischen Kostbarkeiten aus Bayern, München, 1999, for discussion.
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