Medieval Gilt Bronze Horse Harness Mount with Floral Cross

CIRCA 13TH-14TH CENTURY A.D.

2 1/2 in. (19.58 grams, 62.04 mm).

Hollow-formed, tau-shaped with a dome to the junction; upper face with repoussé scrolls, attachment rivets. [No Reserve]

Provenance

From the private collection of a London gentleman, from his grandfather's collection formed before the early 1970s.

Literature

Cf. Historical Museum, Moscow, The Road of Varangians to Greeks and Greece, (In Russian and English), Moscow, 1996, nos.232-237, 422, for similar mounts.

CONDITION

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