Langobardic / Disk Brooch / Late 6th-first half 7th c.

Langobardic
Disk Brooch
Late 6th-first half 7th c.
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Creator Nationality: European; Northern European; Lombard
Creator Name-CRT: Langobardic
Title: Disk Brooch
View: Additional view
Creation Start Date: 566
Creation End Date: 650
Creation Date: Late 6th-first half 7th c.
Object Type: Costume and Jewelry
Materials and Techniques: Top plate: gold-wrought sheet; repoussé; applied central boss; wire-beaded, rope (strip twisted); wavy ribbon. Side: gold-wrought sheet; wire-beaded rope.
Dimensions: D. 7.7 cm
AMICA Contributor: The Metropolitan Museum of Art
Owner Location: New York, New York, USA
ID Number: 52.30.
Credit Line: Dick Fund, 1952
Rights: http://www.metmuseum.org/education/er_photo_lib.asp
Provenance: Ex coll.: [Hanns M. Calmann, London (in 1950?)]
Context: Perhaps found in Castel Trosino, Ascoli Piceno, Marches, Italy
AMICA ID: MMA_.52.30.
AMICA Library Year: 2001
Media Metadata Rights: Copyright (c) 2001 The Metropolitan Museum of Art. All Rights Reserved

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