Medieval Gilt-Bronze Limoges Cross Mount

12TH-13TH CENTURY AD

3" (37 grams, 80 mm).

A cast gilt-bronze mount, D-shaped and hollow to the reverse, formed with a human face above, modelled in the round; the mount decorated with radiating panels in green enamel and two vertical bands to the right side; pierced in two places for attachment.

Provenance

Property of a European gentleman living in the UK; formerly in a private collection formed in the 1990s.

CONDITION

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LOT 0945

Medieval Gilt-Bronze Limoges Cross Mount

Sold for (Inc. bp): £1,210

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