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LOT 1814
Anglo-Scandinavian Viking Bronze Urnes Beast Mount
ENGLAND, 11TH CENTURY A.D.
1 1/4 in. (10.3 grams, 32 mm).
Heater-shaped in plan with openwork Urnes Style zoomorphs enmeshed in slender tendrils; reverse plain. [No Reserve]
ProvenanceFound Keyston, Cambridgeshire, UK.
Recorded with UKDFD no.38451.
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