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LOT 0333
Merovingian 'Hattatt' Bronze Openwork Earring Pair
7TH CENTURY A.D.
3 1/4 in. (43.7 grams total, 83 mm including stand).
Openwork hollow hexagonal earrings, four faces with raised diamond-shaped collars, some with glass inlay remaining, with a plain hoop, one half restored; 2.6cm diam of hoop, each ink marked '1576' on one face; on a pyramidal box mount, with typed collection notes. [No Reserve]
Provenance
Ex Richard Hattatt collection.
With note on the reverse of the mount stating they have been verified by the British Museum and the Ashmolean Museum.
Literature
Cf. Reynolds Brown, K. et al., From Attila to Charlemagne. Arts of the Early Medieval Period in the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, 2000, item 10.7.
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