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LOT 1616
Medieval Bronze Artefact Collection
12TH-16TH CENTURY A.D.
3/4 - 1 7/8 in. (32 grams total, 20-48 mm).
Comprising an annular brooch with pin, a buckle plate with reserved floral motif, a gilt stud, two parts of a small bronze enkolpion with niello inlay. [5, No Reserve]
ProvenanceAcquired on the UK art market.
The cross from a 1970s private collection.
Ex private Merseyside, UK, collection.
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A priest's laver was a large ceremonial basin used for ritual ablutions.
