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LOT 0299
Anglo-Saxon Gilt Bronze Head Mount with Inlaid Garnet
CIRCA 6TH CENTURY A.D.
1 in. (4.44 grams, 27.4 mm).
Formed as a stylised humanoid face with eyebrows formed as a pair of volutes, circular eyes, flat nose, full cheeks; with an inserted garnet at the top.
ProvenanceAcquired on the UK art market in the 1980s.
From an East Anglian private collection.
Cf. Anglo-Saxon anthropomorphic pendant from Auckley, Doncaster, at Heritage Doncaster.
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LOT 0299
Anglo-Saxon Gilt Bronze Head Mount with Inlaid Garnet
Estimate £300 - 400€350 - 460 (for guidance only)$410 - 540 (for guidance only)
Opening Bid
£150 (EUR 174; USD 203) +BP*
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Anglo-Saxon Bronze Small-Long Brooch
6th century A.D.Estimate: £30 - 40 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £5
Comprising a square headplate with three (one absent) radiating flanges, each with pointillé detailing to the outer edge; shallow bow with chamfered end; rectangular footplate with panel of transverse ribbing; pin-lug and catch to reverse, remains of ferrous pin. 6.39 grams, 64 mm
From a UK collection formed in the 1980s. Property of an Essex, UK, gentleman. -
Anglo-Saxon Gilt Bronze Complex Animal Harness Mount
Circa 6th century A.D.Estimate: £400 - 600 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £200
Rectangular with raised border enclosing a low-relief design of entwined stylised animals; four bosses to the obverse. 7.86 grams, 21.9 mm
Acquired on the UK art market in the 1980s. From an East Anglian private collection. -
Anglo-Saxon Bronze Long Brooch
Circa 6th century A.D.Estimate: £20 - 30 (+bp*)
Bids: 1 | Current Bid: £5
Cruciform headplate and a deep bow with a flaring foot; a marriage. 17.1 grams, 68 mm
Acquired on the UK art market since the 1960s. From the private collection of Mr J.P.H., a Woolwich, UK, collector, his collection formed since the 1960s.
