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LOT 0352
Irish Bronze Hanging Bowl Mount
7TH-8TH CENTURY A.D.
1 3/4 in. (8.47 grams, 45 mm).
Comprising: ellipsoid central domed panel forming a bearded mask with impressed points to the pellet eyes, trumpet-shaped nose and deltoid moustache above a broad lower lip; above, curved suspension hook with horse-head detailing to the end and segmented mane; below, a triangular beast-head with narrow muzzle and ovoid ears, almond-shaped eyes.
ProvenanceFound Sutton Fields, Sutton on the Forest, Yorkshire, UK, on 27 May 2005.
From the private collection of Robin Sykes, Yorkshire, UK, formed since the late 1990s.
Accompanied by an illustrated record card by Jim Halliday incorrectly identified as Romano-Celtic.
This lot is accompanied by an illustrated lot declaration signed by the Head of the Antiquities Department, Dr Raffaele D'Amato.
Cf. the Arnside Mount in the collection of Kendal Museum for similar human mask on a bowl mount; similar item in the British Museum under accession no.1992,0502.1.
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