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LOT 0356
Sold for (Inc. bp): £910
MEROVINGIAN GOLD AND GARNET BUCKLE LOOP
6TH CENTURY A.D.
1 1/2 in. (17.04 grams, 38 mm).
6TH CENTURY A.D.
1 1/2 in. (17.04 grams, 38 mm).
Rectangular in plan with heavy gilding to the upper face and sidewall, inset stepped cloison garnets in prepared cells with traces of the resin setting; couch for the tongue at centre of the forward edge; old collector's label '20075 812' to underside. [No Reserve]
PROVENANCE:
Private collection, Switzerland.
Acquired from Gorny & Mosch, Munich, Germany, in 2013.
Ex SVV Prunier, 11 July 2021, no.76 (part).
LITERATURE:
Cf. Burollet, T. (ed.), Les Francs: Précurseurs de l'Europe, Paris, 1997, item 172 for type.
