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LOT 741
Sold for (Inc. bp): £2,760
ANGLO-SAXON GODDESS FIGURINE
(Copper-alloy, 33 grams, 56 mm.).
(Copper-alloy, 33 grams, 56 mm.).
Circa 5th-7th century AD. A cast bronze figurine of a female with bulbous head and plaited hair to the rear, D-shaped face with annular eyes and flat nose, the left hand supporting the right breast, the right hand on the stomach; the legs and feet undersized, the pudendum oversized.
PROVENANCE:
From an old English collection, found in the River Deben near Eyke, 1976.
LITERATURE:
Cf. figurine from Breach Down, Kent in Hammond, B. British Artefacts vol.1 - Early Anglo-Saxon.
FOOTNOTES:
The figurine probably represents the fertility goddess Frige, whose name is commemorated in 'Friday'.
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