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LOT 2119
Medieval Knight's Enamelled Bronze Heraldic Horse Harness Pendant with Leopard
14TH-15TH CENTURY A.D.
1 5/8 in. (15.5 grams, 41.8 mm).
Heater-shaped with integral pierced suspension lug; incuse leopard passant guardant. [No Reserve]
ProvenanceEx Graham Slater collection, Cambridge, 1980s-1990s.
LiteratureSee Ashley, S., Medieval Armorial Horse Furniture in Norfolk, East Anglian Archaeology 101, Dereham, 2002.
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LOT 2119
Medieval Knight's Enamelled Bronze Heraldic Horse Harness Pendant with Leopard
Sold for (Inc. bp): £312
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Medieval 'Our Lady of the Flames' Limestone Figural Scene
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Carved in the half-round frieze fragment or devotional sculpture of the Madonna del Fuoco, facing female in wimple and long robe with her right arm bent forward, left arm extended above a child gripping the folds of her robe; billowing flames surrounding the pair; mounted on a custom-made stand. 10.55 kg total, 37.7 cm including stand
Acquired Lukas Pearsie, Suffolk, 2012. Property of a Kent collector. From the N.J. collection, Leicester, UK.
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