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LOT 0369
Anglo-Saxon Gilt Chip-Carved Bronze Hanging Bowl Mount
EARLY 9TH CENTURY A.D.
1 3/8 in. (2 3/8 in.) (9.11 grams, 34 mm (29.8 grams total, 59 mm including stand)).
Triangular mount with applied rim forming a cell and interlocking La Tène spirals to the face; hook to the apex with recesses; accompanied by a custom-made display stand.
Provenance
Found Haddenham near Ely, Cambridgeshire, UK.
From the collection of Dirk Kennis, Belgium.
Literature
Cf. Youngs, S. (ed.), The Work of Angels. Masterpieces of Celtic Metalwork, 6th-9th centuries AD, London, 1989, item 183, a disc mount from the Brough of Birsay, Orkney with similar applied spiral motifs.
Footnotes
The cells on the mount were intended to be filled with coloured enamel to produce a rich polychrome effect. Recorded, studied, and determined by the Secretary of State’s Expert Adviser as an object of cultural interest. The Reviewing Committee on the Export of Works of Art and Objects of Cultural Interest (RCEWA) considered an application to export this object. The Committee concluded that the object satisfied the third Waverley criterion and is therefore currently not exportable.
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LOT 0369
Anglo-Saxon Gilt Chip-Carved Bronze Hanging Bowl Mount
Sold for (Inc. bp): £2,600
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