Belt Buckle
c. 525–560
Maker Unknown
Medieval Art
Belt Buckle, c. 525–560. Visigothic, Spain, Migration Period, 6th century. Bronze with garnets, glass, mother of pearl, gold foil, traces of gilding; bronze and glass; overall: 7.1 x 2.7 cm (2 13/16 x 1 1/16 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund 2001.119
- Maker/Artist
- Maker Unknown
- Classification
- Jewelry
- Formatted Medium
- bronze with garnets, glass, mother of pearl, gold foil, traces of gilding; bronze and glass
- Dimensions
- Overall: 7.1 x 2.7 cm (2 13/16 x 1 1/16 in.)
- Departments
- Medieval Art
- Accession Number
- 2001.119
- Credit Line
- Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund
- Exhibitions
- Sacred Gifts and Worldly Treasures: Medieval Masterworks from the Cleveland Museum of Art, Bavarian Nationalmuseum, Munich (5/10/2007 - 9/16/2007), the J. Paul Getty Musuem, Los Angeles (10/30/2007 - 1/20/2008) and Frist Center for the Visual Arts, Nashville, TN (2/13/2009 - 6/7/2009): "Sacred Gifts and Worldly Treasures: Medieval Masterworks from the Cleveland Museum of Art"
- Rights Statement
- CC0
- Museum Location
- 106A Migration Period & Coptic
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