Mount

Description

Bronze gilt mount in an Irish style, set with crystal and decorated with a smiling human face and two peacock heads, a Christian device associated with the risen Christ, 8th century

Museum reference

X.FC 3

Collection

Archaeology

Object name

Mount

Date

8th century

Materials

Bronze, Gilt, Glass

Physical description

Bronze gilt; ornamented with interlaced work and set with amber; human face in high relief

Collection place(s)

Crieff, Perthshire, Scotland, Northern Europe

Exhibitions

• Celts (10 Mar 2016 - 25 Sep 2016)
  National Museum of Scotland

• Celts: Art and Identity (24 Sep 2015 - 31 Jan 2016)
  British Museum

• Credo - The Christianisation of Europe (26 Jul 2013 - 03 Nov 2013)
  Erzbischöfliches Diözesanmuseum

• Aux marges de l'Europe, l'art des pays celtes et scandinaves ... (30 Sep 2008 - 12 Jan 2009)
  Musée de Cluny - Musée National du Moyan Age

On display

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