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Description: | Circular slightly domed mount. The face is decorated with a number of recessed cells filled by enamel that are divided by a series of raised linear borders. The design consist of a central double banded diamond pattern with concave sides. At the tip of each corner is an ovoid shaped projection that has a pellet on the inside base, each ovoid is surrounded by a roundel. Either side of each of the roundels is a pellet with an outwards projecting arrow above. All of the cells are filled with a light blue enamel that has occasional darker blue patches. This is all held within a thick raised border that has a plain inner edge and a rusticated/ zigzagged outer edge with blue enamel in-between the teeth.The reverse of the mount is concave with a recessed strip running across that back, this is where a mount would have been attached.Overall the art style suggests a possible Moorish origin, but after consulting several Islamic experts the nature and date of this artefact is still uncertain although the style suggests a 12th century date.It is alternatively possible that this object is a mount from an early-medieval hanging bowl. Although the design cannot be closely paralleled, quadripartite designs are well known as well as geometric patterns. Compare the bowls from Faversham and Kingston in Kent, and Banstead Down in Surrey (Bruce-Mitford 2005, nos. 40, 42 and 91).
Original Image | Publisher: | http://finds.org.uk | Source: | Portable Antiquities | Identifier: | http://finds.org.uk/database/artefacts/r... | Go to resource |
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