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LOT 0334
Norman Silver-Gilt Statant Beast Brooch
CIRCA 11TH-12TH CENTURY A.D.
1 in. (8.3 grams, 28 mm).
Of Romanesque style with hollow reverse to the body, catch behind the neck and hinged pin to the reverse; modelled in the half-round.
ProvenanceAcquired early 1990s.
From an East Anglian private collection.
Cf. Zarnecki, G., Holt, J. & Holland, T., English Romanesque Art 1066-1200, London, 1984, item 256, for similar treatment of a zoomorphic form.
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