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