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Estimate
GBP (£) 3,500 - 4,500
EUR (€) 4,030 - 5,180
USD ($) 4,330 - 5,570
£2,520 (EUR 2,903; USD 3,121) (+bp*)
7TH CENTURY A.D.
1 3/8 in. (5.39 grams, 34 mm).
Gusseted suspension loop, beaded-wire border, inset polished garnet at centre of cruciform and quatrefoil design in filigree and granulated ornament; held in a membranous display frame, the prominent cruciform design may well imply a Christian significance at this early date in
the history of Christianity.
PROVENANCE:
Acquired 1990s-early 2000s.
East Anglian private collection.
This lot has been checked against the Interpol Database of stolen works of art and is accompanied by search certificate no.201092.
LITERATURE:
Cf. MacGregor, A. et al., A Summary Catalogue of the Continental Archaeological Collections, Oxford, 1997, item 24.4; British Museum, accession number 1893,0601.202; cf. The Metropolitan Museum, New York, accession number 1987.90.2, for similar.
