Belt Ornament

Avar or Byzantine

ca. 575

Not on view

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Provenance

Title: Belt Ornament
Date: ca. 575
Culture: Avar or Byzantine
Medium: Silver
Dimensions: Overall (broken in two pieces/missing tip): 11/16 x 1 1/16 x 1/8 in. (1.7 x 2.7 x 0.3 cm)
Classification: Metalwork-Silver
Credit Line: Gift of J. Pierpont Morgan, 1917
Object Number: 17.191.179
Curatorial Department: Medieval Art and The Cloisters

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