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LOT 1779
Anglo-Scandinavian Viking Bronze Urnes Pendant
11TH CENTURY A.D.
1 5/8 in. (11.2 grams, 41 mm).
Triangular in profile with openwork Urnes Style interlace, attachment pins to lower corners (one absent). [No Reserve]
Provenance
Found near York, UK.
From an old private collection of Norfolk, UK, gentleman, formed since 1998.
Literature
Cf. Williams, D., Late Saxon Stirrup-Strap Mounts, York, 1997, item 192.
Footnotes
The design is clearly based on the contemporary stirrup mount style with dense openwork interlace and attachment points; the item lacks the rear ledge and attachment stud of the true mounts.
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