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LOT 2088
Saxon Gilt Bronze Chip-Carved Belt Mount
6TH CENTURY A.D.
5/8 in. (2.07 grams, 17mm).
Square in plan with a broad rim and a central field, Style I beast in a frame; attachment lug to reverse. [No Reserve]
Provenance
Acquired on the UK art market before 2000.
Property of an Essex, UK, gentleman.
Literature
Cf. West, S., A Corpus of Anglo-Saxon Finds From Suffolk, East Anglian Archaeology 84, Ipswich, 1998, item 55(4), for type.
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