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LOT 0310
Visigothic Bronze Lyre-Shaped Buckle Plate
7TH CENTURY A.D.
5 3/4 in. (148 grams total, 14.5 cm high including stand).
Formed in the shape of a stylised horse’s head, or as a tongue-shaped buckle plate with decorative moulded panels, the moulded panels enlivened with a finely detailed incised scroll motif and bordered with beading; four complete and one partially damaged vertical loops on the reverse, along with one surviving vertical loop on the end; accompanied by a custom-made display stand.
ProvenanceUK collection, acquired 1970s-1990s.
LiteratureSee a similar example in K. R. Brown, D. Kidd, and C. T. Little (ed.), From Attila to Charlemagne: Arts of the Early Medieval Period in the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York and New Haven, 2000, p. 196, 356, fig. 17.10; another close parallel was sold at Christie's, London, 10 July 1974, lot 129.
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LOT 0310
Visigothic Bronze Lyre-Shaped Buckle Plate
Estimate £600 - 800€700 - 930 (for guidance only)$810 - 1,080 (for guidance only)
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