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LOT 0403
Irish Early Christian Gilt-Bronze Drinking Horn Terminal
6TH-8TH CENTURY A.D.
1 5/8 in. (11 grams, 43 mm).
Slender in form and gently curved, formed as the head and neck of a crane with narrow beak and inset glass eyes; baluster to the rear and multilinear curved bands.
ProvenanceFound near Thetford, Norfolk, UK, circa 2018.
Property of a private collector, West London, UK.
Cf. Youngs, S. (ed.), The Work of Angels. Masterpieces of Celtic Metalwork, 6th-9th centuries AD, London, 1989, items 53, 54, for type.
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LOT 0403
Irish Early Christian Gilt-Bronze Drinking Horn Terminal
Sold for (Inc. bp): £1,040
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High-Status 'Ryedale' Anglo-Saxon Bronze Hanging Bowl with Enamelled Chip-Carved Mounts
Ryedale, North Yorkshire, 550-570 A.D.Sold for (Inc. bp): £15,600
An excessively rare and almost complete copper-alloy hanging bowl and associated fittings, comprising: (i) the bowl with three attached matching hooked escutcheons and suspension rings; (ii) the basal disc with separate frame; (iii) a body fragment (or repair patch); (iv) a curved bronze fragment; (iv) a curved copper-alloy strip (v) four skeletal fragments from a sheep or similar; accompanied by a high quality custom-made display stand. 303 grams, 19 cm (720 grams total, 23 cm including stand)
Found whilst searching with a metal detector in Ryedale, North Yorkshire, UK, on Sunday 5th February 2023 by Chris Ulliott. Accompanied by a copy of the British Museum's Portable Antiquities Scheme report no.YORYM-59523A. Accompanied by a handwritten signed letter from the finder explaining the circumstances of finding. Accompanied by a copy of a signed Art Loss Register declaration no.S00236559, dated 18th September 2023, and an Interpol search certificate dated 3 October 2023. This lot has been checked against the Interpol Database of stolen works of art and is accompanied by a search certificate number no.12441-225438.
Hanging-bowls are high-status vessels with origins in the Roman period which continued in use only in Britain and Ireland. They appear in burial contexts which date them to the sixth to late seventh century. The form of this example is paralleled by the bowl from Hadleigh Road, Ipswich, Suffolk (British Museum accession number 1984,0103.9) which has a similar shape and kite-shaped escutcheons secured by three rivets (Bruce-Mitford, 2005, Corpus No. 86). -
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A rare nummular brooch with pierced lugs to the reverse; low-relief design comprising a pelletted border and cross, quadruped supporting a processional cross. 6.68 grams, 23.65 mm
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Saxon Bronze Clothes Fastener
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Discoid plaque with lateral attachment loops, sturdy hook, Y-shaped Trewhiddle Style ornament. 1.91 grams, 23 mm
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