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LOT 0362
Anglo-Scandinavian Viking Bronze Stirrup Mount with Face
CIRCA 11TH CENTURY A.D.
1 5/8 in. (22.11 grams, 41 mm).
With stylised face and pierced eyes, Williams's Class B Type 4 with vestigial lower ledge.
ProvenanceFound Southern England.
Acquired on the UK art market in the 1980s.
From an East Anglian private collection.
Cf. Williams, D., Late Saxon Stirrup-Strap Mounts, York, 1997, item 566, for type.
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LOT 0362
Anglo-Scandinavian Viking Bronze Stirrup Mount with Face
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