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LOT 1701
Scandinavian Pre-Viking Bronze Mount on Original 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.
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LOT 1701
Scandinavian Pre-Viking Bronze Mount on Original Leather Strap Section
Estimate £300 - 400€350 - 460 (for guidance only)$410 - 540 (for guidance only)
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