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Sold for (Inc. bp): £13,392
LATER 5TH-6TH CENTURY AD
8" (423 grams, 20cm).
A shallow circular silver dish with applied flared foot to the underside, possibly having been forced into a smaller box after being looted; the upper surface with rolled rim and two bands of triple line engraving; at the centre, a roundel depicting three elongated beasts reserved, with outer and inner bands of lines, pellets and teeth with niello infill, secured to the body of the dish by a domed rivet with niello-filled cross and a beaded collar; the dish deliberately bent at the edges and deformed, probably as a result of it being looted at some time and a need for it to fit into a box or container.
PROVENANCE:
Ex Cooper collection, Gloucestershire, UK; acquired by her grandfather in Europe in the 1950s; thence by descent. Accompanied by a positive X-Ray Fluorescence metal analysis certificate.
FOOTNOTES:
The representations of the beasts are reminiscent of the Quoit Brooch Style from the late 5th and early 6th century.
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