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LOT 1388
Viking Age Bronze Bell with Opposed Horse Heads
9TH-11TH CENTURY A.D.
1 3/4 in. (18.5 grams, 44 mm).
Composed of a conoid body, gusseted neck and addorsed horseheads to finial; pierced for suspension; clapper absent. [No Reserve]
ProvenanceLondon art market before 2000.
Property of an Essex gentleman.
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