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A EUROPEAN BRONZE SPECTACLE ORNAMENT
Bronze Age, circa 15th-11th Century B.C.
Composed of a single wire worked into two spirals,
10.5cm wide
Provenance: Nicholas Wright Collection, UK.
Purchased from Maurice Braham in the 1980s.
£400-£600
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TWO BYZANTINE GLAZED SGRAFFITO BOWLS
Circa 12th-14th Century A.D.
Barnacle encrusted, decorated with incised stylised
sun with rays on pale green ground, 26cm-27cm
diam (2)
Provenance: English private collection, purchased
from Gerhard Hirsch nachfolger, Munich, in the
1990s. Previously old German collection.
£300-£400
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THIRTEEN LATE ROMAN AND BYZANTINE
BRONZE BUCKLES
Circa 4th-9th Century A.D.
With loop and tongue, decorated with openwork
crosses and geometric motifs, with hoops on the
underside, 3cm-7cm long (13)
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Provenance: Silk Collection, London, formed in the
1950s.
£180-£220
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A BYZANTINE BRONZE TERMINAL
Circa 6th-8th Century A.D. In the shape of a bird,
possibly an eagle, with incised details of the
plumage, 4.5cm long
Provenance: Hayford Peirce (1885-1946)
Collection, Paris and Bangor, Maine, formed in the
1910s-1930s, thence by descent.
£100-£200
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A BYZANTINE BRONZE PROCESSIONAL CROSS
HOLDER
Circa 6th-8th Century A.D.
15cm high
Provenance: Ian Roper Collection, London, circa
1985.
£50-£100
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