Description:

Central Europe, Franks or Germanic cultures, Migration period, Ca. 5th to 8th century CE. An impressive collection bronze adornments and bracteates that may have been burial goods from an important or wealthy member of society. The triangular leather panels are completely covered with medallions and ornaments - solid discs shaped like shield bosses, openwork rondels, horse head, cruciform, and spirals. The leather backing is a recent replacement, but model how the ornaments could have been worn around the waist as a girdle or on each shoulder. Bracteate pendants, like the large discs with suspension loops, were made to be worn around the neck as a type of amulet or sewn onto clothing and were frequently made of melted down coinage traded north from the Mediterranean. Bronze pieces such as these were precious markers of wealth and prestige and worn decoratively and often buried with the deceased. Size of largest bracteate disc: 6.25" L x 5" W (15.9 cm x 12.7 cm)

Provenance: private collection of the late Karming Wong; approximate date of acquisition late 1970 to early 1980

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#160866

  • Condition: Leather is not original and a vintage replacement, stiff and cracking with staining and discoloration. Earthen and mineral deposits on bronze. Losses and chips to bronze discs as shown. Areas of green and red patina. Pieces could be removed from leather as one desired and remounted.

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