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Visigothic, 7th century A.D.
Length: 11 cm
A bronze buckle plate in the shape of a stylised horse’s head, or tongue shaped buckle plate with decorative moulded panels, the moulded panels enlivened with a finely-detailed incised scroll motif and bordered with beading. Four complete and one partially-damaged vertical loops on the reverse, along with one surviving vertical loop on the end.
Literature: For a similar example, see K. R. Brown, D. Kidd, and C. T. Little (ed.), 'From Attila to Charlemagne: Arts of the Early Medieval Period in the Metropolitan Museum of Art' (New York and New Haven, 2000), p. 196, 356, fig. 17.10.
Provenance: UK collection, acquired 1970s to 1990s; With Rupert Wace Ancient Art, 2011
Visigothic, 7th century A.D.
Length: 11 cm
A bronze buckle plate in the shape of a stylised horse’s head, or tongue shaped buckle plate with decorative moulded panels, the moulded panels enlivened with a finely-detailed incised scroll motif and bordered with beading. Four complete and one partially-damaged vertical loops on the reverse, along with one surviving vertical loop on the end.
Literature: For a similar example, see K. R. Brown, D. Kidd, and C. T. Little (ed.), 'From Attila to Charlemagne: Arts of the Early Medieval Period in the Metropolitan Museum of Art' (New York and New Haven, 2000), p. 196, 356, fig. 17.10.
Provenance: UK collection, acquired 1970s to 1990s; With Rupert Wace Ancient Art, 2011