Byzantine Bronze Buckle with Decorative Plate

8TH CENTURY A.D.

3 1/4 in. (19.60 grams, 83 mm).

Buckle plate with rectangular body and hinged loop, broad tongue; reserved profile figure of a peacock enmeshed with tendrils and globe

Provenance

From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s.

Literature

Cf. Papanikola-Bakirtzi, D. (ed.), Everyday life in Byzantium. Byzantine Hours. Works and days in Byzantium, Exhibition catalogue, Thessaloniki, White Tower October 2001-January 2002, Athens, 2002, no.483, for the type.

CONDITION

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