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LOT 0375

Sold for (Inc. bp): £4,160

'THE DRIFFIELD' ANGLO-SAXON ENAMELLED BOWL MOUNT
CIRCA 500-700 A.D.
2 in. (23.4 grams, 51 mm).

With a slightly domed profile and a raised circumferential border to the upper face; decorated with Celtic designs featuring elaborate curvilinear tendrils and triskele-style swirls enclosing an area of fine-line trumpet spiral designs, set around a central rectangular panel filled with millefiori-style enamel work in the form of an irregular chequerboard of blue and yellow enamel, the circular recesses retaining red enamel traces; two parallel rivets to the reverse.

PROVENANCE:
Found whilst searching with a metal detector near Driffield, East Riding of Yorkshire, UK, in 2018.

Accompanied by a copy of the British Museum's Portable Antiquities Scheme (PAS) report no.YORYM-73B821.
This lot has been checked against the Interpol Database of stolen works of art and is accompanied by search certificate no.12075-124454.

LITERATURE:
See Portable Antiquities Scheme, YORYM-975799, for a similar example.

CONDITION