AN ANGLO-SAXON CRUCIFORM LONG BROOCH, the headplate surmounted by a grooved knob, similar smaller knobs at the side of the headplate, with arched bow below which are flaring side lappets, the foot in the form of a stylized horse's head with protruding eyes and large scrolls for the nostrils, the headplate, lappets and foot decorated with incised circles, remains of iron pin mechanism and fragment of textile on underside, 6th Century A.D., from East Anglia | Christie's

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AN ANGLO-SAXON CRUCIFORM LONG BROOCH, the headplate surmounted by a grooved knob, similar smaller knobs at the side of the headplate, with arched bow below which are flaring side lappets, the foot in the form of a stylized horse's head with protruding eyes and large scrolls for the nostrils, the headplate, lappets and foot decorated with incised circles, remains of iron pin mechanism and fragment of textile on underside, 6th Century A.D., from East Anglia

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AN ANGLO-SAXON CRUCIFORM LONG BROOCH, the headplate surmounted by a grooved knob, similar smaller knobs at the side of the headplate, with arched bow below which are flaring side lappets, the foot in the form of a stylized horse's head with protruding eyes and large scrolls for the nostrils, the headplate, lappets and foot decorated with incised circles, remains of iron pin mechanism and fragment of textile on underside, 6th Century A.D., from East Anglia
5½in. (14cm.) long

拍品專文

Cf. R. Hattatt, Iron Age and Roman Brooches, Oxford, 1985, pp. 208 and 210, fig. 82, no. 665