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LOT 1331
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.
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