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LOT 0325
Scandinavian Viking Silver Mount with Bearded Mask
7TH-9TH CENTURY A.D.
1 1/4 in. (7.29 grams, 30 mm).
Lobe fragment comprising a raised outer border with punched zigzag ornament, narrow inner border forming a loop around a facing bearded mask with recessed eyes, interstitial zone filled with looses guilloche bands; at upper edge, a triangular cell; solder scar to reverse.
Provenance
From the private collection of N. Thomas, 1979-1987.
This lot is accompanied by an illustrated lot declaration signed by the Head of the Antiquities Department, Dr Raffaele D’Amato.
Literature
Cf. mask on the bronze buckle from Gallungs, Gotland with similar treatment of the eyes, nose and moustache in Franceschi, G., Jorn, A. & Magnus, B., Mennesker, Guder og Masker i Nordisk Jernalderkunst, vol.1, Borgen, 2005, item 62; for the looped frame, see ibid. item 77, animal brooch from Finland of 7th century date.
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