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A NASRID CAST BRONZE BELT TERMINAL
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A NASRID CAST BRONZE BELT TERMINAL

GRANADA, SPAIN, 15TH CENTURY

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A NASRID CAST BRONZE BELT TERMINAL
Granada, Spain, 15th century
Of semicircular flat form, the surface cast with the stylised face of a lion with pronounced concentric eyes and marked striations for the fur, an upper band of stepped crenellations, two holes for attachment above, the reverse plain, slight corrosion and damage
2in. (4.8cm.) high
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Lot Essay

This panel was probably originally made for a horse harness. A jewelled example with very similar lion's head and crenellated upper band, clearly dateable to the Nasrid period due to the technique employed, is in the Kunsthistorisches Museum, Vienna (Dodds, Jerrilynn D. (ed.): Al Andalus, the Art of Islamic Spain, New York, 1992, no.67, p.297).

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