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MEROVINGIAN COPPER ALLOY RADIATE-HEADED BOW BROOCH The semi-circular headplate with seven radiating knops and chased patterns, the openwork footplate with four bird head finials with hooked beaks and concentric eyes, emanating from the central trunk, possibly representing a serpent, with large circular eyes. For similar examples with a semi-circular headplate and radiating knops, cf. K. Reynolds Brown et al (eds.), From Attila to Charlemagne; Arts of the Early Medieval Period in The Metropolitan Museum of Art, (Yale 2000), fig. 20.10, p.231. Ex French private collection, acq. in the 1990s. Ca. 6th Century AD L. 3 1/2 in. (8.9 cm.) Art of the Ancient World, 2007, no. 190 BLW111 $3,750 Sales |
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