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LOT 0360

Scandinavian Pre-Viking Bronze Mount on Leather Strap Section

6TH-7TH CENTURY A.D.

1 1/4 in. (2.84 grams, 34 mm).

Modelled in the half-round, profile figure with drinking horn, attached to a fragment of leather strap.

Provenance

From the private collection of a London gentleman, from his grandfather's collection formed before the early 1970s.
This lot is accompanied by an illustrated lot declaration signed by the Head of the Antiquities Department, Dr Raffaele D'Amato.

Literature

Cf. Sedov, B.B., Finno-Ugri i Balti v Epokhi Srednevekovija, Moscow, 1987, pl.LXXXII, for similar examples.

CONDITION

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LOT 0360

Scandinavian Pre-Viking Bronze Mount on Leather Strap Section

Estimate £800 - 1,000€930 - 1,160 (for guidance only)$1,080 - 1,350 (for guidance only)

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