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LOT 1733
Sold for (Inc. bp): £780
ANGLO-SAXON GILT BRONZE GREAT SQUARE-HEADED BROOCH FRAGMENT
6TH CENTURY A.D.
3 1/4 in. (71 grams, 84 mm).
6TH CENTURY A.D.
3 1/4 in. (71 grams, 84 mm).
Comprising a headplate with disc to lower corner and Style I mask developing to a shallow bow with thick ridge, footplate with mask and dense interlaced zoomorphic features, lozenge to the centre; pin-lug and catch to the reverse.
PROVENANCE:
Found Cambridgeshire, 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 13.15.
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