CIRCA 6TH CENTURY A.D.

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AN ANGLO-SAXON BRONZE SQUARE-HEADED BROOCH
CIRCA 6TH CENTURY A.D.
4 ¾ in. (12 cm.) long

來源

Discovered in Wigston Magna, Leicestershire, in 1795.
Sir Sidney Nolan (1917-1992), Carlton, Australia and London, the artist.
The Property of the Late Sir Sidney Nolan; Antiquities and Souvenirs of the Grand Tour, Christie's, London, 27 October 1993, lot 94.
Private Collection, U.K.
The Property of a Gentleman; Antiquities, Christie's, London, 3 July 2018, lot 116.

出版

J. Nichols, The History and Antiquities of the County of Leicester, vol. IV, part 1, London, 1810, p. 377, pl. LV, no. 8.
C. Roach Smith, Collectanea Antiqua: Etchings and Notices of Ancient Remains, vol. 2, London, 1852, pp. 167-168, pl. XLII, no. 3.
E. Thurlow Leeds, A Corpus of Early Anglo-Saxon Great Square-Headed Brooches, Oxford, 1949, pp. 79, 81, 86, no. 136.
P. Liddle and S. Middleton, "An Anglo Saxon Cemetery at Wigston Magna, Leicestershire," Transactions of the Leicestershire Archaeological and Historical Society 68, 1994, pp. 65, 68-69, no. 1.

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The production of square-headed brooches in England was heavily influenced by continental models probably imported from the Rhineland towards the end of the 5th century. Anglo-Saxon jewellers adopted this design and added distinctive local traits, such as a larger flat surface that could be decorated with masks and animal motifs. For a concise study of Anglo-Saxon brooches, see pp. 38-39 in R. Jessup, Anglo-Saxon Jewellery.

CIRCA 6TH CENTURY A.D.

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