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LOT 0420
Norman Gilt Bronze Buckle
CIRCA 12TH CENTURY A.D.
1 3/8 in. (20.3 grams, 37.9 mm).
An exceptional Romanesque buckle loop with two fantastical birds modelled in the round; the birds opposing and flanking a rhomboid heraldic plaque, each depicted with long tails curving along the edge of the loop, fine feather detailing and detailed talons.
Provenance
From an Essex, UK, collection, in the 1990s.
Accompanied by a previous catalogue information slip.
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