Medieval Silver Round Seal Matrix with Sleeping Lion

CIRCA 14TH-15TH CENTURY A.D.

3/4 in. (6.8 grams, 21 mm).

Discoid plaque with strap and loop to the reverse; central motif of flowers and a sleeping lion within a pelletted border; legend: '* S' BRIEN . MACTAYG . YBRIEYN'.

Provenance

Found Southern England.
Acquired on the UK art market in the 1980s.
From an East Anglian private collection.

Footnotes

An interesting example of an Irish personal name.

CONDITION

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LOT 0393