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'The Stratton Strawless' Anglo-Scandinavian Viking Bronze Urnes Beast Mount 'The Stratton Strawless' Anglo-Scandinavian Viking Bronze Urnes Beast Mount 'The Stratton Strawless' Anglo-Scandinavian Viking Bronze Urnes Beast Mount
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LOT 0357

'The Stratton Strawless' Anglo-Scandinavian Viking Bronze Urnes Beast Mount

11TH CENTURY A.D.

1 1/2 in. (14 grams, 39 mm).

Openwork interlace plaque with Urnes Style stag and serpent, attachment points at outer edge.

Provenance

Found Stratton Strawless, Norfolk, UK.
From an old private collection of Norfolk, UK, gentleman, formed since 1998.

Accompanied by a copy of the British Museum's Portable Antiquities Scheme (PAS) report no.NMS-E92C94.

Literature

Cf. Roesdahl, E & Wilson, D., From Viking to Crusader. Scandinavia and Europe 800-1200, Uddevalla, 1992, item 588, for similar example.

Footnotes

The motif of the stag and the serpents is associated especially with Urnes Style objects.

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LOT 0357

'The Stratton Strawless' Anglo-Scandinavian Viking Bronze Urnes Beast Mount

Estimate £500 - 700€580 - 810 (for guidance only)$680 - 950 (for guidance only)

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