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LOT 1496

Migration Period Tinned Bronze Openwork Brooch

CIRCA 7TH CENTURY A.D.

4 1/8 in. (33 grams total, 10.4 cm).

Formed as a human head and D-shaped torso with arms extending to lateral stems, lozengiform torso and second inverted head; pin-lugs to the reverse. [No Reserve]

Provenance

Ex an important Dutch collection; acquired on the European art market in the 1970s.
Property of a Ruislip, UK, gentleman, by inheritance.

Literature

Cf. Menghin, W., The Merovingian Period. Europe Without Borders, Berlin, 2007, items III.20.2, 4.

CONDITION

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LOT 1496

Migration Period Tinned Bronze Openwork Brooch

Sold for (Inc. bp): £98

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