Belt Buckle
Unknown
about 600 · Copper alloy, "tinned" surface · Medieval Art
At the center of the circular plate of this buckle is a tiny face superimposed on a cross. Other instances of this face that appear with inscriptions indicate that it is meant to represent Christ.
- Artist
- Unknown
- Date
- about 600
- Medium
- Copper alloy, "tinned" surface
- Culture
- Frankish
- Department
- Medieval Art
- Credit line
- Gift of J. Pierpont Morgan, 1917
