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LOT 1806
Merovingian Bronze Ring with Antelope Facing Right
4TH-6TH CENTURY A.D.
3/4 in. (2.31 grams, 19.96 mm overall, 16.69 mm internal diameter (approximate size British L 1/2, USA 6, Europe 11.87, Japan 11)).
Comprising a D-section hoop and a circular bezel with a stylised quadruped with long horns. [No Reserve]
ProvenanceFrom a UK collection formed in the 1980s.
Property of an Essex, UK, gentleman.
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LOT 1806
Merovingian Bronze Ring with Antelope Facing Right
Estimate £50 - 70€58 - 81 (for guidance only)$68 - 95 (for guidance only)
Opening Bid
£5 (EUR 6; USD 7) +BP*
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Dark Age Silver Ring with Garnet
Circa 6th-8th century A.D.Estimate: £60 - 80 (+bp*)
Bids: 1 | Current Bid: £5
Comprising a slender hoop with an applied granule on each shoulder flanking the circular bezel set with a table-cut garnet. 1.97 grams, 19.01 mm overall, 16.10 x 14.65 mm internal diameter (approximate size British J, USA 4 3/4, Europe 8.69, Japan 8)
Ex German art market, 2000s. Acquired from an EU collector living in London. From the collection of a Surrey, UK, gentleman. -
Gothic Bronze Radiate-Headed Brooch
Late 5th-early 6th century A.D.Estimate: £120 - 170 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £60
Comprising: D-shaped headplate and five radiating lobes, flat ribbed bow, lozengiform footplate with piriform finial, pin-lug and catch to the reverse. 3.94 grams, 38 mm
From a Wiltshire, UK, collection, 1990s. -
Large Gothic Silver-Gilt Fibula
Bosphorean Culture, 5th century A.D.Estimate: £3,000 - 4,000 (‡+bp*)
Opening Bid: £1,500
Comprising: a semi-circular headplate with a ram-head knop at the apex and applied gilt projections at the sides forming part of the spring mechanism; deep keeled bow with a petalled finials; keeled subrectangular footplate with a rounded finial and a tapering catchplate below. 67 grams, 20.7 cm
L. De Clercq collection, Belgium, 1980s. Ex private European collection. Accompanied by an academic report by Dr Raffaele D’Amato. This lot has been checked against the Interpol Database of stolen works of art and is accompanied by search certificate number no. 13013-246783.
Fibulae of this type were mainly found in female burials and were placed on the right side of the chest and on the left shoulder. It was from this period that the custom of wearing wide belts with buckles and a pair of brooches on the shoulders spread along the south-western Black Sea coast, having originated among the Germanic tribes of the western Roman provinces.
