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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.
Provenance
Found near Thetford, Norfolk, UK, circa 2018.
Property of a private collector, West London, UK.
Literature
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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