Dumbarton Oaks - Belt Tab with Rinceau

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Belt Tab with Rinceau

Avar
late 7th century - 8th century
bronze
BZ.1929.12

Not on view

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View with other belt ornaments (BZ.1929.9-16)

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Description

From a set of eight openwork belt ornaments cast in bronze (BZ.1929.9 - BZ.1929.16).

This belt tab, BZ.1929.12, has a different openwork design, consisting of a leafy scroll. Cast, with openwork decoration.

Bibliography

M. Ross, Jewelry, Enamels and Art of the Migration Period, Catalogue of the Byzantine and Early Mediaeval Antiquities in the Dumbarton Oaks Collection, Vol. II, (Washington, DC, 1965), no. 168, pl. 84.

Handbook of the Dumbarton Oaks Collection, Harvard University (Washington, DC, 1955), no. 152.

Acquisition History

Purchased through Royall Tyler from Kalebdjian, Paris, 1929.

Mr. and Mrs. Robert Bliss, Dumbarton Oaks.

Harvard University, The Dumbarton Oaks Research Library and Collection, November 1940.

Dumbarton Oaks Research Library and Collection, Byzantine Collection, Washington, D.C.

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Object Last Modified: 11/16/2023