Rock Crystal Belt Buckle

Date

ca. 500 (buckle), 500–600 (tongue)

Type

Belt buckle and tongue

Medium

Rock crystal, gold foil

Department

Medieval Art

Culture

East German (buckle), Byzantine (tongue)

Institution

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Object number

1995.54

Credit

Purchase, Rogers Fund; Alastair B. Martin, William Kelly Simpson, Scher Chemicals Inc. and Max Falk Gifts; and funds from various donors, 1995