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Anglo-Saxon Enamelled Interlace Bone-Shaped Mount Anglo-Saxon Enamelled Interlace Bone-Shaped Mount Anglo-Saxon Enamelled Interlace Bone-Shaped Mount
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LOT 1203

Anglo-Saxon Enamelled Interlace Bone-Shaped Mount

7TH-8TH CENTURY A.D.

2 5/8 in. (18.3 grams, 67 mm).

A copper-alloy mount decorated with a yellow enamelled interlace knot against a reddish enamelled field; perforated for attachment, remains of mounting lugs to reverse; Hiberno-Saxon workmanship. [No Reserve]

Provenance

Found UK.
Acquired in the 1990s.
From a North Yorkshire private collection, UK.

Literature

Cf. Youngs, S. (ed.), The Work of Angels. Masterpieces of Celtic Metalwork, 6th-9th centuries AD, London, 1989, item 131, 132, for type.

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LOT 1203

Anglo-Saxon Enamelled Interlace Bone-Shaped Mount

Sold for (Inc. bp): £111

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