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LOT 0388
Medieval Bronze Round Seal Matrix for Robert Ode
CIRCA 14TH-15TH CENTURY A.D.
1 in. (8.98 grams, 26 mm).
With central motif of a lion rampant attacking a dragon, pelletted border and legend '* S' ROBERTI ODE .:' (seal of Robert Ode); strap and loop to the reverse; supplied with a short handwritten account of the Ode family's landholdings in the later 14th century.
ProvenanceFound Oxburgh, Norfolk.
Acquired on the UK art market in the 1980s.
From an East Anglian private collection.
Accompanied by a handwritten private research slip.
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