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LOT 1523
Viking Age Bronze Animal Head Mount
9TH-11TH CENTURY A.D.
1 1/2 in. (8.14 grams, 37 mm).
With bulbous eyes and muzzle, hollow to the reverse. [No Reserve]
ProvenanceFrom the collection of a North American gentleman, formed in the 1990s.
LiteratureCf. Arbman, H., Birka I: Die Gräber, Uppsala, 1940, pl.91(6).
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