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Sold for (Inc. bp): £18,750
5TH-6TH CENTURY AD
41 1/4" (934 grams, overall length 105cm).
A suite of belt fittings comprising: ten horizontal silver-gilt plaques, each a cluster of five parcel-gilt discs with leaf-shaped lateral extensions, loop below and parcel-gilt disc pendant with raised rim and centre; gilt-bronze belt buckle with addorsed animal-head motifs, radiating ribs to the loop, triangular-section tongue with bird-head detailing; square pyramidal counter-plate with petal detailing, central knop; mounted on a display board. [12]
PROVENANCE:
Previously in a private collection since 1980; previously with Pierre Bergé & Associés, Archéologie, Paris, 21 May 2014, lot 139 (22,000-22,000 euros); accompanied by copies of the relevant Pierre Bergé catalogue pages.
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