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LOT 1776
Anglo-Saxon Bronze Brooch and Fragment Group
CIRCA 6TH CENTURY A.D.
1 - 2 1/4 in. (36 grams total, 27-56 mm).
Comprising: small-long bow brooch with pierced headplate, ansate brooch, horse-head foot from a cruciform brooch, mask with silver band from a cruciform brooch. [4, No Reserve]
Provenance
Acquired on the European art market since the early 2000s.
From the private Northern Ireland collection of R.M.
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