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LOT 1706
Anglo-Scandinavian Viking Bronze Bound Odin Openwork Stirrup Apex Mount Upper Section
11TH CENTURY A.D.
1 5/8 in. (14.8 grams, 41 mm).
Of an excessively rare example of Williams Class A, Type 3 showing a standing nude man with beard and long moustache, an animal-like form around the man's waist extending towards the flanking serpents on each side. [No Reserve]
Provenance
Found Gloucestershire, UK.
Literature
Cf. Williams, D., Late Saxon Stirrup-Strap Mounts. A Classification and catalogue, 1997, pp.36-39, figs.74-78.
Footnotes
Based on comparable examples, when complete the serpents' tails wrapped around the man's legs, and their open jaws gaped on either side of his head.
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LOT 1706
Anglo-Scandinavian Viking Bronze Bound Odin Openwork Stirrup Apex Mount Upper Section
Sold for (Inc. bp): £208
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