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LOT 1718
Anglo-Saxon Bronze Mount with Central Garnet
6TH CENTURY A.D.
1 1/4 in. (9.06 grams, 32 mm).
Rectangular in plan with raised rim and rivet to each corner; central cell with beaded border and inset garnet cloison, high-relief flanking zoomorphs in Salin's Style I. [No Reserve]
ProvenanceFound Weston Colville, Cambridgeshire, UK.
This lot is accompanied by an illustrated lot declaration signed by the Head of the Antiquities Department, Dr Raffaele D'Amato.
Cf. Webster, L., Anglo-Saxon Art, London, 2012, item 35, for almost identical form, from Howletts, Kent.
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