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LOT 1858
Medieval Silver Mask Applique
12TH-15TH CENTURY A.D.
3/4 in. (0.2 grams, 20 mm).
Discoid with repoussé pellets to the border, nimbate mask with beard; Relskino Culture. [No Reserve]
Provenance
Ex German art market, 2000s.
Acquired from an EU collector living in London.
From the collection of a Surrey, UK, gentleman.
This lot is accompanied by an illustrated lot declaration signed by the Head of the Antiquities Department, Dr Raffaele D'Amato.
Literature
Cf. Sedov, B.B., Finno-Ugri i Balti v Epokhi Srednevekovija, Moscow, 1987, pl.XCVII (14), for type.
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