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LOT 0738
Byzantine Bronze Bird Padlock Plate
6TH-7TH CENTURY A.D.
3/4 - 2 in. (22.4 grams total, 20-50 mm).
Modelled in the half-round depicted standing upright; accompanied by bird head finial. [2]
Provenance
‘The Ancient Menagerie Collection’ formerly the property of a Cambridgeshire lady, collected since the 1990s and acquired from auctions and dealers throughout Europe and the USA, now ex London collection.
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