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Museum August Kestner Antike Kulturen [1899.37]
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Description

Semicircular head and oval foot plate. Ten buttons were formerly attached to the head plate. A beaded wire is missing from the upper end of the stirrup. Niello triangular bands on the middle degree of the stirrup and on the edges of the plate. The head plate and foot plate show animal ornamentation in Style I. Based on the stylistic elements and the best parallels, the brooch was probably made in Pannonia before 568 and imported to Italy by the Lombards.Herbert Kühn assigns the brooch to his "Castel Trosino" type. However, his dating is too recent. (L. Grunwald)

Material/Technique

Silver / gold-plated

Measurements

Height: 12.5 cm, Width: 4.5 cm

Part of

Schmuck (31)

Literature

  • Grunwald, Lutz (2003): Ungarn - Italien - Niedersachsen. Ein Schmuckstück der Völkerwanderungszeit aus dem Kestner-Museum Hannover. Niederdt. Beiträge zur Kunstgeschichte 42, 9-16
  • Kühn, Herbert (1974): Die germanischen Bügelfibeln der Völkerwanderungszeit, 2: Die germanischen Bügelfibeln der Völkerwanderungszeit in Süddeutschland. Graz, 1239-1245 Nr. 11
  • Roth, H. (1978): Die ornamentgeschichtliche Stellung der "neuen" langobardischen Bügelfibeln in Hannover und New York. Germania 56, 533-546 Taf. 65-66
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Das Museum August Kestner ist benannt nach August Kestner (1777-1853). Das älteste städtische Museum in der Landeshauptstadt Hannover wird von einer...

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