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.
early 6th century (?)
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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