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LOT 0391
Estimate
GBP (£) 300 - 400
EUR (€) 350 - 460
USD ($) 380 - 510
£150 (EUR 173; USD 190) (+bp*)
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LARGE MEDIEVAL BRONZE ROUND SEAL MATRIX FOR MARK, MATTHEW, LUKE, JOHN
CIRCA 14TH-15TH CENTURY A.D.
1 5/8 in. (29.8 grams, 41 mm).
CIRCA 14TH-15TH CENTURY A.D.
1 5/8 in. (29.8 grams, 41 mm).
Chessman matrix with tapering shank, gusseted collar, openwork trefoil and loop above; escutcheon with Mary and Infant Jesus and kneeling supplicant within a rosette; legend to the border 'MARCVS MAT[..]VS LVCAS IOHNIS' (Mark, Matthew, Luke, John).
PROVENANCE:
Found Southern England.
Acquired on the UK art market in the 1980s.
From an East Anglian private collection.
