Ostrogothic Silver-Gilt Buckle with Eagle-Headed Plate

LATE 6TH CENTURY A.D.

5 1/4 in. (105 grams, 13.3 cm).

Comprising a domed loop with running spiral ornament to the outer face; tongue with ribbed panel to the rear, beast-head finial curved over the forward edge; plate with square panel, cell to each corner and one to the centre with inset cabochon garnets, profile eagle-head to the rear edge with cabochon garnet eye.

Provenance

Previously in a collection formed between 1990-2000.
From an East London collection.
Property of an important West London collector.

This lot has been checked against the Interpol Database of stolen works of art and is accompanied by search certificate number no.11885-206926.

Literature

Cf. Menghin, W., The Merovingian Period. Europe Without Borders, Berlin, 2007, item I.33.6.

CONDITION

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LOT 0309