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LOT 0348
Pre-Viking Gold Bracteate Pendant with Entwined Beast
LATE 5TH-EARLY 6TH CENTURY A.D.
1 in. (2.24 grams, 28 mm).
Of Type D, with fragmentary applied beaded wire border and ribbed suspension loop; the repoussé design a zoomorph with the body formed from looped tendrils; the head beneath the loop with C-shaped left-facing head outlined with pellets, crossbar and eye.
ProvenanceFound whilst searching with a metal detector near Orsett, Essex, UK, in 2015.
Recorded with the British Museum's Portable Antiquities Scheme (PAS) with reference no.ESS-4FF212.
Disclaimed as treasure with reference number 2015 T471.
This lot has been checked against the Interpol Database of stolen works of art and is accompanied by search certificate no.200403.
Cf. Behr, C., New Bracteate Finds from Early Anglo-Saxon England, Medieval Archaeology, vol.54; cf. The British Museum's Portable Antiquities Scheme Database, record id. IOW-125794 and KENT-0163F3, for other type D examples and further discussion.
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LOT 0348
Pre-Viking Gold Bracteate Pendant with Entwined Beast
Sold for (Inc. bp): £3,380
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12th century A.D.Estimate: £400 - 600 (‡+bp*)
Opening Bid: £200
Displaying facetted terminals displaying punched circlets, pelletted triangles and faux ropework to the body and faux ropework to the articulate pin head. 21.9 grams, 39 mm wide
From the collection of a North American gentleman, formed in the 1990s.
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8th-9th century A.D.Sold for (Inc. bp): £117
The cross forming suspension loops on its back, engraved and punched feather and eye detailing; pin lug and catchplate to reverse; likely Weetch type 30B. 7.02 grams, 34 mm
From the collection of a North American gentleman, formed in the 1990s.
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Substantial hoop with coiled ends forming the bezel. 4.31 grams, 22.21 mm overall, 18.97 mm internal diameter (approximate size British N, USA 6 1/2, Europe 13.72, Japan 13)
Acquired 1970-2010. Collection of a late Japanese gentleman.
