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LOT 0287
Large Anglo-Saxon Bronze Florid Cruciform Brooch
LATE 5TH-6TH CENTURY A.D.
5 7/8 in. (52 grams, 12.3 cm).
With highly decorative openwork border of Style I ornament to the headplate formed as a rectangular median plate with lateral wings, enhanced with punched-pellet detail to the sides and top edge of each; raised central square panel with incised rosette; to the middle of each edge a Style I human mask in plan, formed as a T-shaped brow-and-nasal with two pellet eyes, with pairs of Style I profile bird-heads with curved beaks; the bow deep with facetting at each end; the footplate rectangular with Style I lappets; transverse collar above a finial Style I human mask with complex beard below; pin-lugs and scar for catchplate to reverse.
ProvenanceFound Seaham, Co Durham, UK.
Property of a Durham private collector.
Cf. Hammond, B., British Artefacts vol.1 - Early Anglo-Saxon, Witham, 2009, fig.1.1.4.1-l.
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LOT 0287
Large Anglo-Saxon Bronze Florid Cruciform Brooch
Estimate £800 - 1,000€930 - 1,160 (for guidance only)$1,080 - 1,350 (for guidance only)
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