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LOT 0343
Langobardic Silver Sword Belt Set
CIRCA 5TH-7TH CENTURY A.D.
1 - 2 1/2 in. (74 grams total, 26.10-62.53 mm).
Comprising: twelve D-shaped appliqué plates each with a central panel of repoussé pellets; eight appliqué strap ends, each tongue-shaped with central repoussé guilloche and pellets motif; U-shaped chape or strap end with mounting rivets at the mouth; buckle formed as a kidney-shaped loop and D-section tongue with rectangular cell to the apex, D-shaped plate to rear with crescent voids and medial rib, rivet and folded counterplate to reverse. [22, No Reserve]
Provenance
From the private collection of a London gentleman, from his grandfather's collection formed before the early 1970s.
Literature
Cf. belt buckle in gold of similar design in the Metropolitan Museum of Art under accession no.95.15.99.
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