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LOT 0324
Anglo-Saxon Gilt Bronze Horse Harness Pelta Mount
6TH-7TH CENTURY A.D.
2 1/4 in. (18.2 grams, 56 mm).
Comprising a pelta-shaped panel pierced in three places to accept a rivet (one absent); obverse with low-relief Style II knotwork.
ProvenanceFound Peterborough, Cambridgeshire, UK.
From an East Anglian private collection.
Cf. Pollington, S., Kerr, L. & Hammond, B., Wayland's Work: Anglo-Saxon Art, Myth & Material Culture from the 4th to 7th century, Ely, 2010, pl.51, for type.
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