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LOT 0358

Sold for (Inc. bp): £6,500

ANGLO-SCANDINAVIAN VIKING BRONZE THREE-DIMENSIONAL URNES STIRRUP APEX MOUNT
11TH CENTURY A.D.
2 1/2 in. (31 grams, 64 mm).

The substantial heater-shaped plaque with spectacular openwork Urnes style design, the standing beast with entwined tendrils, pronounced head at the apex, narrow ledge to the reverse and rivet holes to each corner with two rivets remaining.

PROVENANCE:
Found Norfolk, UK.

LITERATURE:
Cf. Williams, D., Late Saxon Stirrup-Strap Mounts, York, 1997, item 55, for the type: Class A, Type 10b.

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