Anglo-Saxon Amuletic Figure

Anglo-Saxon

British Museum

600 - 650

A bearded male figure, wearing a cap and belted knee length trousers. The trousers, hands and face are all gilded. A suspension loop is attached to the cap and it is thought to have been worn as a pendant.

• Medium: silver, partly gilded
• Dimensions: Overall:
• Art Fund Grant: £12000 ( Total: £25,000)
• ArtFunded in: 2001
• Vendor: Department for Culture, Media and Sport

Provenance

Bloodmoor Hill, Carlton Colville, Suffolk.

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