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LOT 1360
Viking Age Bronze Artefact Collection
9TH-12TH CENTURY A.D.
7/8 - 1 7/8 in. (32.9 grams total, 23-47 mm).
Comprising: an ovoid pendant with openwork centre and simple decoration; mount with rectangular headplate, bow and foot, with four piercings; lunar pendant with geometric ornament and beast head terminals; belt fitting with rectangular slot and scooped sides, zoomorphic ornament; carinated ring suspending a smaller penannular ring. [5, No Reserve]
ProvenanceFrom the collection of a North American gentleman, formed in the 1990s.
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Viking Age Bronze Disc Brooch with Beast Facing Back
9th-11th century A.D.Sold for (Inc. bp): £156
Composed of a flat-section discoid body with pelletted border, low-relief motif of an advancing beast in regardant pose, tail curled beneath the body, the mouth open; pin-lug and catchplate to the reverse; Baltic workmanship. 9.17 grams, 26.61 mm
Ex property of a Dutch collector before 2014. From the collection of a North American gentleman
The brooch is a later Scandinavian copy of a 9th century Anglo-Saxon brooch type with a regardant horse. The present example has a more dragon-like beast in similar pose with serpentine head and extended tongue. -
Viking Inspired Bronze Omega Brooch
Circa 13th century A.D.Sold for (Inc. bp): £59
A Mordvinian omega-shaped brooch with pellet ornament and free-running tongue. 10.7 grams, 51 mm
Acquired on the UK art market. Property of a Ruislip, UK, gentleman, by inheritance. -
Viking Age Bronze Faux Plaited Ring
Circa 9th-11th century A.D.Sold for (Inc. bp): £33
The slender hoop slightly expanded at the bezel, displaying a faux plaited design. 1.63 grams, 22.56 mm overall, 19.87 mm internal diameter (approximate size British O, USA 7, Europe 14.98, Japan 14)
Private collection formed since the 1940s. UK art market. Property of an Essex gentleman.
