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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]
ProvenanceAcquired before 1978.
Private collection, UK.
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