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LOT 0913
Byzantine Enamelled Brooch with Bird
9TH CENTURY A.D.
1 3/8 in. (9.73 grams, 35 mm).
Comprising: Outer ring linked by six radiating ellipsoid spokes to central hun, pin-lug, pin and catch to the reverse; outer ring with median band of enamel, similar to each of the spokes; hub with enamel-filed bird motif on a plain enamelled field.
ProvenanceAcquired before 1978.
Private collection, UK.
This lot is accompanied by an illustrated lot declaration signed by the Head of the Antiquities Department, Dr Raffaele D'Amato.
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LOT 0913
Byzantine Enamelled Brooch with Bird
Estimate £100 - 140€120 - 160 (for guidance only)$140 - 190 (for guidance only)
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