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LOT 1871
Medieval Bronze Marriage Couple Annular Brooch
CIRCA 14TH CENTURY A.D.
1 3/8 in. (8.82 grams, 34 mm).
The frame formed as a couple with joined hands raised to head-height and the other hand placed on the chest, dancing on a curved baseline; tongue coiled about the waist of the male.
Provenance
Ex Norwich, UK, dealer, early 1980s.
From a London, UK, private collection since the 1980s.
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