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LOT 0354
Anglo-Saxon Enamelled Bronze Bowl Mount
6TH CENTURY A.D.
1 1/4 in. (10.9 grams, 30 mm).
Discoid with raised rim and panel of geometric roundels and arms in an enamelled matrix. [No Reserve]
Provenance
Found East Anglia, UK.
From an old private collection of Norfolk, UK, gentleman, formed since 1998.
Literature
Cf. MacGregor, A. & Bolick, E., A Summary Catalogue of the Anglo-Saxon Collections (Non-Ferrous Metals), Oxford, 1993, item 47.19, for type.
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