Large Anglo-Saxon Enamelled Hanging Bowl Mount Pair

6TH CENTURY AD

3" (118 grams total, 75mm).

A matched pair of bronze disc appliqués, each a plaque with trilinear border surrounding a pattern of La Tène whirls and tendrils reserved against a red enamel field. [2]

Provenance

Found Leicestershire, UK, 2016 attached to the remains of a large sheet bronze bowl; accompanied by a copy of an Art Loss Register certificate.

Literature

Cf. discoid mounts from the Lullingstone (Kent) hanging bowl in Farley, J. & Hunter, F. Celts Art and Identity London, 2015, item 162.

CONDITION

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LOT 0539

Large Anglo-Saxon Enamelled Hanging Bowl Mount Pair

Sold for (Inc. bp): £40,000

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