Anglo-Saxon Bowl Mount with La Tene Style Roundels

6th-7th century A.D. A bronze bowl mount, discoid with exterior rim, reserved comma-leaf ornament on an enamelled field comprising a central roundel with reserved triskele, six surrounding roundels of which three are formed with two reserved crescents forming an 'S'-shaped motif, two with two crescent hooks each pierced at the centre by a pellet, one roundel with three radiating pierced hooks; the reverse with solder scar where it was attached. Cf. Bruce-Mitford, R., The Corpus of Late Celtic Hanging Bowls, Oxford, 2005, item 88. 13.4 grams, 40 mm wide (1 1/2 in.). Found South East England. Acquired on the UK art market, circa 2012. This lot has been checked against the Interpol Database of stolen works of art and is accompanied by AIAD certificate no.11404-193157. The disc was placed at the centre of the base of a bronze hanging bowl. Such mounts are found on hanging bowls mainly in 6th-7th century Anglo-Saxon princely or royal burials. They probably formed part of the so-called 'economy of prestige' in which decorative high-status tableware and feasting equipment circulated among the leading families of the various British and Anglo-Saxon kingdoms. A number of these items have been found in 7th century burial mounds such as Sutton Hoo (Suffolk), Prittlewell (Essex) and Benty Grange (Derbyshire). The decoration and manufacturing techniques suggest an origin among the late Romano-British groups of western and northern Britain. The layout of the elements of the design is parallel to the great hanging bowl from Mound 1 at Sutton Hoo although the design there is more elaborate in its enamelled motifs. For this specific lot, 5% import VAT is applicable on the hammer price