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Lot 203

A Byzantine bronze bridle link

24 October 2012, 10:30 BST
London, New Bond Street

£1,200 - £1,500

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A Byzantine bronze bridle link
Eastern Mediterranean, circa 5th-7th Century A.D.
Depicting a cow's head, surmounted by three suspension loops, tapering to an inverted cross, with engraved circles throughout, 4in (10.2cm) high

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Provenance:
German private collection, Munich. Acquired from the Koln art market in the late 1990s.

Literature:
For a similar piece cf. Wamser, L., and Zahlhaas, G., (ed) Rom und Byzanz. Archaeologische Kostbarkeiten aus Bayern, Munich, 1998, p.148, no.164.

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