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LOT 0599

Sold for (Inc. bp): £8,680

GOTHIC GOLD AND GARNET S-BROOCH
LATE 6TH-7TH CENTURY AD
1 1/4" (10 grams, 29mm).

A gold S-brooch with bird-head finials, raised triangular and rectangular cells with inset garnet cloisons; to the reverse, an integral pin-lug with pin and catchplate.

PROVENANCE:
Ex Shorin collection, Moldavia; by descent; Vasilii Shorin, Russian noble merchant family, 17th century. Supplied with a positive X-Ray Fluorescence metal analysis certificate.

PUBLISHED:
Accompanied by an Art Loss Register certificate.

LITERATURE:
Cf. example from Inzing, Bavaria, in Menghin, W. The Merovingian Period. Europe Without Borders, Berlin, 2007, item VI.3.14.1.

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