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LOT 1663
Medieval Gilt Zoomorphic Buckle Plate
CIRCA 12TH-13TH CENTURY A.D.
7/8 in. (2.4 grams, 21.5 mm).
Gilt-bronze with reserved design of a hound advancing with head turned on a pounced field with bevelled edges, two straps for attachment to the buckle loop. [No Reserve]
ProvenanceEx Chapman collection, UK, 1990s.
Accompanied by a previous handwritten catalogue information slip.
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Medieval Bronze Corpus Christi
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With flat-topped crown, hair hanging in hanks to the shoulders, long D-shaped face with domed eyes, slender figure with ribs emphasised, knee-length loincloth falling in rippling folds; mounted on a custom-made stand. 500 grams total, 23 cm high including stand
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Medieval Silver Ring Brooch
13th-16th century A.D.Sold for (Inc. bp): £39
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