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LOT 0257
Magyar Gilt Sword Scabbard Mount with Two Ravens
CIRCA 10TH-11TH CENTURY A.D.
1 3/4 in. (9.88 grams, 46 mm).
A gilt copper-alloy scabbard mount composed of a semi-circular plate and tapering rectangular arm; displaying two stylised ravens in repoussé, their bodies addorsed, heads reversed and wings spread, set against a field of shallow incised foliate tendrils; extensive remains of gilding; perforated for attachment.
ProvenanceFound UK.
Acquired in the 1990s.
From a North Yorkshire private collection, UK.
Cf. Fodor, I. et al., La Hongrie de l'An Mil. Naissance d'une Nation Européenne, Budapest, 1998, item 28, for type; Fodor, I. et al., The Ancient Hungarians, Exhibition catalogue, Budapest, 1996.
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