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LOT 0183
Byzantine Gilt Bronze Horse Harness Decoration Set
8TH-10TH CENTURY A.D.
3/8 - 3 5/8 in. (556 grams total, 11-92 mm).
Comprising: a large octofoil harness frontal plate with beaded rim and granulation; studs with quatrefoil plates; bell-shaped dangles. [304]
ProvenanceFrom the private collection of a London gentleman, from his grandfather's collection formed before the early 1970s.
This lot has been checked against the Interpol Database of stolen works of art and is accompanied by a search certificate number no.12687-234699.
Cf. for similar harness decoration in Khazar graves Gorelik, M., 'Arms and Armour in South-Eastern Europe in the Second Half of the First Millennium AD' in Nicolle, D., Companion to Medieval Arms and Armour, Woodbridge, 2012, pp.127-148, pl.XI-9 figs.27,32.
FootnotesThe military technology of Byzantium and Khazar Kingdom were interconnected in the 8th-10th centuries A.D. Many military items, like horse harnesses, were produced in both countries and object of interchange between the two military cultures.
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