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LOT 2131
Post Medieval Gilt Bronze Carriage Fitting
19TH CENTURY A.D.
12 5/8 in. (982 grams, 32 cm).
Comprising: a hollow-formed female in peplos garment with parcel-gilt detailing seated on an ornate baroque-style scrolled support with acanthus-leaf detailing. [No Reserve]
ProvenanceFound Scarlet's Farm, Cambridgeshire, UK, when the moat was cleared.
Property of an East Anglia private collector.
This lot is accompanied by an illustrated lot declaration signed by the Head of the Antiquities Department, Dr Raffaele D'Amato.
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