Anglo-Scandinavian Viking Bronze Cat-Faced Stirrup Apex Mount

10TH-11TH CENTURY A.D.

1 1/2 in. (36.1 grams, 38 mm).

Substantial flat mount with loop above, mask formed with lentoid eyes and broad moustache, narrow chin; ledge to rear pierced to accept rivets. [No Reserve]

Provenance

Found Norfolk, UK.

Literature

Cf. Andersson, G., Gudarnas gård : tre fallosfiguriner från Lunda i Strängnäs socken, Södermanland, in Fornvännen, 2003(98):2, s. [124]-126.

Footnotes

The face bears a strong likeness to that of the Rällinge statuette discovered in Sweden in the early 20th century and believed to represent the god Yngve-Freyr.

CONDITION

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