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Casket Fitting Fragment
no date
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Frankish
Merovingian
Bronze
Overall: 1 1/4 × 1 1/2 inches (3.2 × 3.8 cm)
Metalwork
Greco-Roman and Ancient European
Gift of Frederick Stearns
99.5B3068
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Provenance
between 1871-1895, acquired by Frederick Stearns (1831-1907
Detroit, Michigan, USA)
1907-present, bequest to the Detroit Museum of Art (Detroit, Michigan, USA)
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Merovingian, Frankish, Casket Fitting Fragment, no date, bronze. Detroit Institute of Arts, Gift of Frederick Stearns, 99.5B3068.
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