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LOT 1622
Germanic Bronze Belt Buckle
CIRCA 450 A.D.
3 1/2 in. (134 grams, 90 mm).
D-shaped buckle plate with shallow sidewall, hinge-knuckles connecting to the belt-loop, hinged triangular-section tongue with zoomorphic detailing.
ProvenanceUK private collection before 2000.
On the UK art market.
Property of a London gentleman.
Cf. Menghin, W., The Merovingian Period. Europe Without Borders, Berlin, 2007, item III.1.1.1 for type.
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LOT 1622
Germanic Bronze Belt Buckle
Estimate £400 - 600€460 - 700 (for guidance only)$540 - 810 (for guidance only)
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Merovingian Belt Plate with Garnets
6th-7th century A.D.Estimate: £500 - 700 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £250
Or Ostrogothic, comprising a rectangular panel with four fixing studs, central ellipsoid cell surrounded by garnet cloisons with stepped edges; central cell replaced. 9.81 grams, 33 mm
UK private collection before 2000. On the UK art market. Property of a London gentleman. -
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Carolingian Bone Comb
8th-10th century A.D.Estimate: £1,000 - 1,400 (‡+bp*)
Opening Bid: £400
Lentoid in section with thick-cut teeth to one edge and fine-cut to the other. 15.09 grams, 82 mm
Ex private central European collection. with Tkalec AG, Limmatquai 48, Zurich, early 2000s. Acquired from the above, 2006. -
Visigothic Bronze Belt Buckle with Gold and Garnet Inlays
5th-6th century A.D.Sold for (Inc. bp): £10,400
Comprising: ellipsoid loop with hollowed underside, segmented at lateral edges; tongue with violin-shaped shield, waisted and curved over the forward edge of the loop; rectangular plate with applied sheet-gold cellwork and frame to the obverse, segmented along the edges, comprising a central gold lion-mask in a circular frame surrounded by a ring of cells with garnet cloisons and four radiating arms forming a cross also with garnet cloisons, field of larger cells with cloisons, inset malachite square inlay to each corner; four pierced attachment lugs to the reverse. 165 grams, 10 cm
From the collection of Adolphe Stoclet, 1871-1949.
The buckle plate is large and impressive, while the loop is somewhat narrower and may have been replaced. Cruciform motifs on the buckle plate are a feature of Visigothic belt-sets at this time. The use of malachite is unusual for this period, but semi-precious stones of various types appear on such plates (e.g. Menghin, IX.1.1).
