Disk Brooch

Unknown Artist

late 7th century

Disk Brooch by Unknown Artist

Medium

Gold sheet with copper alloy backing, and inlays of garnet, glass and calcite

Dimensions

Overall: 2 1/4 x 15/16 in. (5.7 x 2.4 cm) 2 1/4in. (5.7cm)

Classification

Metalwork-Gold

Culture

Frankish

Department

Medieval Art

Museum

Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY

Credit

Gift of J. Pierpont Morgan, 1917

Accession Number

17.193.59

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