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LOT 1039
Sold for (Inc. bp): £7,260
VIKING BRONZE ZOOMORPHIC PIN-JOINT PLAQUE
8TH-9TH CENTURY AD
4 3/4" (32 grams, 12 cm).
8TH-9TH CENTURY AD
4 3/4" (32 grams, 12 cm).
A cast flat-section plaque with angled lower end, scrolled bulb to the upper end, chip-carved zoomorphic Style III ornament in three bands; loop-and-tongue motif to the lower finial; to the reverse, two parallel longitudinal plates pierced to accept mounting pins for bead swags, one glass bead trapped between.
PROVENANCE:
Property of a London gentleman; acquired in the 1990s.
