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Byzantine Bronze Buckle with Entwined Beasts Byzantine Bronze Buckle with Entwined Beasts Byzantine Bronze Buckle with Entwined Beasts
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LOT 1012

Byzantine Bronze Buckle with Entwined Beasts

8TH-10TH CENTURY A.D.

2 3/8 in. (25.6 grams, 60 mm).

Comprising a waisted D-shaped plate with interlace motif in low-relief, kidney-shaped rectangular-section loop with raised detailing, flat tongue; three mounting studs to reverse. [No Reserve]

Provenance

Ex German art market, 2000s.
Acquired from an EU collector living in London.
From the collection of Surrey, UK, gentleman.
This lot is accompanied by an illustrated lot declaration signed by the Head of the Antiquities Department, Dr Raffaele D’Amato.

Literature

Cf. Schulze-Dörrlamm, M., Byzantinische Gürtelschnallen und Gürtelbeschläge im Römisch-Germanischen Zentralmuseum, Teil 2. Die Schnallen mit Scharnierbeschläg und Schnallen mit angegossenem Riemendurchzug des 7. bis 10. Jahrhunderts, Mainz, 2009, no.26, fig.4.

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LOT 1012

Byzantine Bronze Buckle with Entwined Beasts

Sold for (Inc. bp): £78

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