Product description
The buckle is a replica of an original belt buckle from a Viking grave dating to the 9th–10th century. It is decorated in the Borre art style (825–970). The buckle is well-suited to belts of 1.5 cm in width. It measures 3.5 x 3.5 cm and is bronze coloured.
The Borre style is characteristic of its geometric patterns and zoomorphic shapes: the gripping-beast was a recurring motif. This particular buckle appears to be a combination of both. It displays a geometric pattern mirrored on both sides of the buckle, whilst also featuring the distinctive four-fingered gripping hands typical of the Borre style.
Also characteristic of the Borre style is horror vacui, literally: fear of emptiness. Every available space of this buckle is consequently filled with a pattern, with an absence of background.
