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LOT 1712
Medieval Bronze Shrine Head of a Lady
12TH-15TH CENTURY A.D.
1 3/8 in. (49 grams, 34 mm).
Hollow-formed with everted rim to the neck, hair held in a snood, with shallow lentoid eyes, bottle-shaped nose and slit mouth; remains of fixing pin to top of head.
Provenance
Found Cambridgeshire, UK.
Private English collection formed in the 1990s.
Property of an Essex gentleman.
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LOT 1712
Medieval Bronze Shrine Head of a Lady
Estimate £150 - 200€170 - 230 (for guidance only)$200 - 270 (for guidance only)
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