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Belt buckles
Unknown450 - 525 CE
National Museum of the History of Ukraine
Kyiv, Ukraine
Belt buckle has an oval frame and a box shield. In the center of the shield there is a bean-shaped cavity divided into seven triangular sections, in which flat carnelian inserts were fixed. Gold foil was placed under the carnation plates, which emphasized the color of the inserts.
It belongs to the circle of polychrome products with partitioned inlay.
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Details
- Title: Belt buckles
- Creator: Unknown
- Date Created: 450 - 525 CE
- Location Created: The Byzantine Empire
- Physical Dimensions: l 40, w 26, h 9 mm
- Type: Decorations
- Rights: National Museum of the History of Ukraine
- Medium: Gold, carnelian, casting, embossing, cloisonné inlay
- Art Genre: Поліхромний
- Place found: The Autonomous Republic of Crimea, Ukraine
- Period: Middle Ages
- Culture: The Huns
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