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LOT 1618
Merovingian Gilt Bronze Brooch Fragments
5TH-6TH CENTURY A.D.
3/8 - 1 1/4 in. (15.4 grams total, 11-31 mm).
Group of gilt-bronze fragments from a bow brooch with beast-head finial and scrolled motifs to the footplate, lateral lugs with inset garnet cloisons; catchplate to reverse. [6]
ProvenancePrivate collection of Mr S.A., Switzerland, 1990s, thence by descent.
LiteratureCf. Heynowski, R., Bestimmungsbuch Archaeologie: Fibeln, Munich, 2012, item 3.24.3.2, for type.
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