Buckle
mid 6th–7th century
FindspotCemetery of Tabariane, Teilhet (Ariège), France
Medium/TechniqueTin on leaded latten (86.9% copper, 6.2% tin, 5.6% lead, 1.3% zinc)
Dimensions8 x 16.7 cm (3 1/8 x 6 9/16 in.)
Credit LineWilliam Francis Warden Fund
Accession number49.463
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ProvenanceBetween 1901 - 1903, excavated at the cemetery of Tarbariane, Teilhet, France [see note 1]. Eustache de Lorey, Paris [see note 2]. 1937, Maurice Ratton, Paris; September 30, 1937, sold by Ratton to the Brummer Gallery, New York (stock no. P14089); April 21, 1949, Brummer sale, Parke-Bernet Galleries, New York, lot 233, to the MFA for $350. (Accession Date: May 12, 1949)
NOTES:
[1] Robert Rogier, "Cimetière Barbare de Tabariane, Commune de Teilhet (Ariège)," Bulletin Archéologique, 1908, pp. 313-319, fig. 2. [2] According to the Brummer sale catalogue of 1949, lot 233, p. 56. This information is not, however, on the gallery stock card.
NOTES:
[1] Robert Rogier, "Cimetière Barbare de Tabariane, Commune de Teilhet (Ariège)," Bulletin Archéologique, 1908, pp. 313-319, fig. 2. [2] According to the Brummer sale catalogue of 1949, lot 233, p. 56. This information is not, however, on the gallery stock card.
second half of 12th century
second half of 12th century
second half of 15th century (?)
late 6th–early 7th century
7th - 9th century
second half of 15th century (?)
12th century
11th century
10th–11th century