Anglo-Saxon Bronze Bear Mask Mount

6TH-8TH CENTURY A.D.

7/8 in. (6.85 grams, 22 mm).

Piriform in plan and plano-convex in section with raised vertical rib for the nose, two scaphoid eyes, remains of D-shaped lateral ears. [No Reserve]

Provenance

Found Norfolk, UK, circa 2007.
Ian Wilkinson collection, Nottinghamshire, UK.

Literature

Cf. West, S., A Corpus of Anglo-Saxon Finds From Suffolk, East Anglian Archaeology 84, Ipswich, 1998, pl.22(17).

CONDITION

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LOT 1619