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LOT 0368

Pre-Viking Bronze Brooch with Bull-Headed Lunar Pendants and Chain

7TH-8TH CENTURY A.D.

9 1/4 in. (670 grams total, chain: 23.5 cm).

Comprising: a bow-brooch with chamfered edges to the shank and three transverse ribbed bars, scooped foot, the end of each bar with three holes to accept a length of chain formed of barrel-shaped links; four chains with a balustered stem and crescent pendant, the horns terminating in stylised bull-heads; the central chain terminating in a stylised wheel; longer chain attached to the outer bars; mounted on a custom-made stand.

Provenance

Acquired on the London art market, 1990s.
Private collection, London.

This lot has been checked against the Interpol Database of stolen works of art and is accompanied by a search certificate number no.12737-234051.
This lot has been cleared against the Art Loss Register database, and is accompanied by an illustrated lot declaration signed by the Head of the Antiquities Department, Dr Raffaele D'Amato.

Literature

Cf. Sedov, B.B., Finno-Ugri i Balti v Epokhi Srednevekovija, Moscow, 1987, pl.CXXXV (5) for type, and pl.CXXVIII, for chronology.

CONDITION

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LOT 0368

Pre-Viking Bronze Brooch with Bull-Headed Lunar Pendants and Chain

Estimate £1,800 - 2,400€2,090 - 2,780 (for guidance only)$2,430 - 3,240 (for guidance only)

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