★ Very Rare ★

A MEDIEVAL OR EARLY MODERN FIGURATIVE ORNAMENT
Circa 15th-16th century AD.
Gilt bronze ornament with a female and a male figure standing facing each other. Set with a garnet (a second stone missing); three small loops for attachment/connection. Possibly part of a girdle belt.
H 27 mm

Ex Austrian private collection, acquired in the 1980s-90s.