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LOT 1431
Viking Age Borre Style Bronze Strap End with Wolf's Head
10TH CENTURY A.D.
1 3/4 in. (7.61 grams, 44 mm).
With five attachment pins to the reverse, panel of Borre style ring-chain ornament with transverse ribbed panel, mask to the tip. [No Reserve]
Provenance
Acquired before 1990.
Ex property of a professional collector.
Literature
Cf. Thunmark-Nylén, L., Die Wikingerzeit Gotlands I.: Abbildungen der Grabfunde, Stockholm, 1992, fig.198, items 25-27, 28, 29; Thomas, G., A Survey of Late Anglo-Saxon and Viking-Age Strap-Ends from Britain, London, 2000, fig.3.29,6.6B-C.
Footnotes
The Borre style was a Viking art style which had a significant impact on the material culture of Britain during the Viking age of the latter 9th and 10th centuries. The type is mainly divided into three sub-types on the basis of motifs used: a) animal masks and ring-knot; b) vertebral ring-chain; and c) other interlace designs. Our specimen belongs to the first sub-type.
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LOT 1431
Viking Age Borre Style Bronze Strap End with Wolf's Head
Sold for (Inc. bp): £91
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