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Byzantine Enamelled Brooch with Bird Byzantine Enamelled Brooch with Bird Byzantine Enamelled Brooch with Bird
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LOT 1083

Byzantine Enamelled Brooch with Bird

9TH CENTURY A.D.

1 3/8 in. (9.73 grams, 35 mm).

The outer ring linked by six radiating ellipsoid spokes to a central hub, pin-lug, pin and catch to the reverse; the outer ring with median band of enamel, similar to each of the spokes; the hub with enamel-filled bird motif on a plain, enamelled field. [No Reserve]

Provenance

Acquired before 1978.
Private collection, UK.

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LOT 1083

Byzantine Enamelled Brooch with Bird

Sold for (Inc. bp): £65

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