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LOT 1733

Anglo-Saxon Gilt Bronze Great Square-Headed Brooch Fragment

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.

CONDITION

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LOT 1733

Anglo-Saxon Gilt Bronze Great Square-Headed Brooch Fragment

Sold for (Inc. bp): £780

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