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LOT 0279
Large Merovingian Gold Fish-Tailed Mount with Garnets
6TH CENTURY A.D.
1 7/8 in. (12.62 grams, 48 mm).
A substantial gold mount or fitting for a shield, belt or bridle comprising a median domed panel with central green glass cabochon, four pelta-shaped radiating-arm cells with inset garnets, two now absent; to each end a fish-tail with inset garnet cloisons, one absent; six fixing pins to the mounting plate with beaded border. [No Reserve]
Provenance
Acquired by Mr L. Grenacs of Belgium in 1975.
Acquired London, UK, 1999.
This lot has been checked against the Interpol Database of stolen works of art and is accompanied by search certificate no.11650-198616.
Literature
See Arrhenius, B., Merovingian Garnet Jewellery, Stockholm, 1985, for discussion; and for a similar corpus, see Wieczorek, A. and Perin, P., Das Gold der Barbarenfursten, Damstadt, 2001.
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LOT 0279
Large Merovingian Gold Fish-Tailed Mount with Garnets
Sold for (Inc. bp): £3,640
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