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LOT 0361
Scandinavian Pre-Viking Bronze Patrix Die with God and Drinking Horn
4TH-5TH CENTURY A.D.
1 3/8 in. (7.62 grams, 37 mm).
Modelled in the half-round, advancing figure with bent legs and holding a drinking horn.
ProvenanceFrom the private collection of a London gentleman, from his grandfather's collection formed before the early 1970s.
This lot has been cleared against the Art Loss Register database, and is accompanied by an illustrated lot declaration signed by the Head of the Antiquities Department, Dr Raffaele D'Amato.
Cf. Sedov, B.B., Finno-Ugri i Balti v Epokhi Srednevekovija, Moscow, 1987, plate XCVIII, for similar examples.
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LOT 0361
Scandinavian Pre-Viking Bronze Patrix Die with God and Drinking Horn
Estimate £1,500 - 2,000€1,740 - 2,320 (for guidance only)$2,030 - 2,700 (for guidance only)
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The magnificent crucifix is paralleled by two wonderful crucifixes in the Danish Churches of Århus and Lisbjerg. In accordance with the old tradition derived from Byzantium, Christ is depicted as alive, standing in front of his cross, with nailed hands. It may have once been part of an altar decoration or rather have been placed above or in the chancel arch of a church.
