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LOT 1729
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.
Literature
Cf. Sedov, B.B., Finno-Ugri i Balti v Epokhi Srednevekovija, Moscow, 1987, pl.LXXXII, for similar examples.
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LOT 1729
Scandinavian Pre-Viking Bronze Mount on Original Leather Strap Section
Sold for (Inc. bp): £260
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