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Back to previous pageCIRCA 10TH-12TH CENTURY A.D.
1 3/4 in. (5.81 grams, 43 mm).
Openwork plate formed as a quatrefoil with integral looped tendrils, applied filigree, beaded wire bands and granules, hollow-formed suspension bar. [No Reserve]
PROVENANCE:
Private collection formed in Europe in the 1980s.
Westminster collection, central London, UK.
This lot is accompanied by an illustrated lot declaration signed by the Head of the Antiquities Department, Dr Raffaele D’Amato.
LITERATURE:
Cf. Franceschi, G., Jorn, A. & Magnus, B., Mennesker, Guder og Masker i Nordisk Jernalderkunst, vol.1, Borgen, 2005, pl.226, for type.
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