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LOT 0298
Sold for (Inc. bp): £3,380
ANGLO-SAXON GILT BRONZE CHIP-CARVED BEAST MANUSCRIPT MOUNT
CIRCA 7TH-8TH CENTURY A.D.
1 1/4 in. (22.5 grams, 33 mm).
CIRCA 7TH-8TH CENTURY A.D.
1 1/4 in. (22.5 grams, 33 mm).
With high-relief aviform head and wings and looped ornamental swags, knotwork panels in the field; two holes for mounting; possibly a book-mount, Hiberno-Saxon workmanship.
PROVENANCE:
Found East Anglia, UK.
This lot has been checked against the Interpol Database of stolen works of art and is accompanied by search certificate number no.11884-204955.
LITERATURE:
Cf. Webster, L. & Backhouse, J., The Making of England. Anglo-Saxon Art and Culture AD 600-900, London, 1991, items 102, 106(a), 107(a).
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