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LOT 2000
Medieval Bronze Manuscript Clasp with Wolf's Head
14TH CENTURY A.D.
1 7/8 in. (25 grams, 48 mm).
Square in plan with hinge knuckles and pin to trailing edge, wolf-head clasp with pierced mouth; octofoil design with secondary piercing.
Provenance
Acquired on the UK art market in the early 2000s.
This lot is accompanied by an illustrated lot declaration signed by the Head of the Antiquities Department, Dr Raffaele D'Amato.
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