Belt buckle and lappet fittings

Object Details

• Description

  This silver-gilt buckle ends in a floral form. A set of gold lappet fittings consists of an end tab, eleven short ornaments, and twenty-two long ornaments. Each fitting is approximately oval in shape and decorated with two rows of continuous dots enclosing a vine-scroll pattern. On the front of each long ornament and the end tab is a narrow band perforated for attachment to a leather belt.

• Collection

  Arthur M. Sackler Collection

• Exhibition History

  Persia: Ancient Iran and the Classical World (April 6, 2022 to August 8, 2022)

  Feast Your Eyes: A Taste for Luxury in Ancient Iran (February 4, 2012 - ongoing)

  Luxury Arts of the Silk Route Empires (May 9, 1993 to January 28, 2007)

  Nomads and Nobility: Art from the Ancient Near East (September 28, 1987 to November 1, 1992)

• Origin

  Iran

• Credit Line

  Gift of Arthur M. Sackler

• Type

  Jewelry and Ornament

• Restrictions and Rights

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• Related Resources

  collections.si.edu

• Date

  600s, 700s

• Topic

  Gilding, Repoussé, Hammering, Silver, Art, Ancient Near Eastern Art, Sasanian period (ca. 224 - 651), Flowers, Chasing, Metal-work

• Culture

  Iranians, Middle Easterners

• Object Type

  Ornaments, Jewelry