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LOT 0429
Medieval Period Silver Cup with Birds
CIRCA 9TH-13TH CENTURY A.D.
3 3/4 in. (124 grams, 95 mm).
Sheet silver cup with applied reeded strip to the rim, repoussé detailing of alternating piriform flowers on a hatched field; fluted band below and basal ring; the rim with a tightly looped flat-section ribbed handle, piercings below the rim and two pairs of birds perched looking inwards.
Provenance
Acquired on the London art market in the late 1980s-1990s.
From the family collection of an East London, UK, gentleman.
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