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LOT 1872
Medieval to Tudor Bronze Artefact Collection
14TH-16TH CENTURY A.D.
1 - 3 1/2 in. (54 grams total, 25-91 mm).
Comprising: a bearded male mount, possibly depicting the Green Man, two loops on the reverse; elongated mount with raised male head to the centre and rivet to each end; a tall trefoil mount with spiked end; a rectangular sheet mount with low-relief floral decoration, possibly a book mount. [4, No Reserve]
ProvenanceAcquired on the UK art market in the 1970s-1990s.
Property of a Nottinghamshire, UK, gentleman.
This lot is accompanied by an illustrated lot declaration signed by the Head of the Antiquities Department, Dr Raffaele D'Amato.
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