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LOT 0301
Anglo-Scandinavian Viking Bronze Stirrup Mount with Head of a Dragon
CIRCA 11TH CENTURY A.D.
1 3/8 in. (20.4 grams, 35.4 mm).
Of Williams’s Class B Type 3, formed as an openwork tongue-shaped body with a stylised animal head, attachment bar to the reverse.
ProvenanceAcquired on the UK art market in the 1980s.
From an East Anglian private collection.
Cf. Williams, D., Late Saxon Stirrup-Strap Mounts, York, 1997, fig.57.
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LOT 0301
Anglo-Scandinavian Viking Bronze Stirrup Mount with Head of a Dragon
Estimate £500 - 700€580 - 810 (for guidance only)$680 - 950 (for guidance only)
Opening Bid
£250 (EUR 290; USD 338) +BP*
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