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LOT 100
Anglo-Saxon Gilt-Bronze Chip Carved Mask Mount
CIRCA 6TH CENTURY AD
1/2" (Gilt-bronze, 3.04 grams, 15 mm.).
A cast gilt-bronze D-shaped mount, hollow to the rear; the design a Salin's Style I face with broad nose and annular eyes, rib detail below.
Provenance
Found at a moot site, Stockbridge Down, Winchester, UK; recorded with Winchester Museum by the finder.
Footnotes
Most Style I art shows a human face in profile with a triangular nose and brow, reminiscent of a helmetted head. The present piece shows the same motif facing the viewer. Parallels to this design can be found on the Saxon button brooches found mainly in southern England.
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LOT 100
Anglo-Saxon Gilt-Bronze Chip Carved Mask Mount
Estimate £200 - 300€230 - 350 (for guidance only)$270 - 410 (for guidance only)
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