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LOT 1832
Anglo-Scandinavian Viking Bronze Harness Mount with Beast-Head
ENGLAND, 11TH CENTURY A.D.
2 in. (17.4 grams, 50 mm).
Comprising a raised beat-head modelled in the half-round beneath a triangular void with scrolled shoulders, open mouth with Winchester-style scrolled tendrils and pierced attachment lug. [No Reserve]
ProvenanceFound UK.
From a UK collection formed in the 1980s.
Property of an Essex, UK, gentleman.
Cf. Pedersen, A., 'Riding Gear from Late Viking Age Denmark,' in Journal of Danish Archaeology, vol.13 (1996-7), item 5, for type.
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LOT 1832
Anglo-Scandinavian Viking Bronze Harness Mount with Beast-Head
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