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Gold Pendant Featuring a Byzantine Bronze Belt Buckle - X.1099
Origin: Eastern Mediterranean
Circa: 500
AD
to 900
AD
Collection: Jewelry
Medium: Gold and Bronze
$3,300.00
Location: United States
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| Description |
This genuine ancient Byzantine bronze belt
buckle has been mounted in a modern 18
karat gold pendant.
This type of belt buckle may have been used
by Byzantine military forces during the 7th
century A.D. Belts of this shape seem to have
been an obligatory part of the uniform of the
Byzantine cavalry starting in the 6th century
A.D. Not only was this style buckle used for
belts, but also to hold the edges of funerary
dress in the mid 6th century A.D. Thus, this
buckle may have once held the garments of a
soldier in place while riding off to defend the
borders of his empire. It may have also
secured the dress of a deceased maiden who
departed from life prematurely. Buckles are a
basic, yet wholly necessary, creation of
civilized societies. They both serve a practical,
functional purpose, yet also decorate and
adorn the very garments they are meant to
hold in place. This buckle, decorated with
geometric patterns, is a reminder of the
Byzantine era where Christianity first
triumphed over the lands of Europe and the
Near East.
- (X.1099)
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