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LOT 1404
Viking Age Bronze Ceremonial Spoon with Bear's Head and Paws
CIRCA 8TH CENTURY A.D.
2 3/4 in. (12.9 grams, 71 mm).
The oval bowl with gently curved handle formed as a stylised bear in relief, displaying head and paw detailing. [No Reserve]
ProvenanceFrom the private collection of a London gentleman, from his grandfather's collection formed before the early 1970s.
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LOT 1404
Viking Age Bronze Ceremonial Spoon with Bear's Head and Paws
Sold for (Inc. bp): £182
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Viking Age Bronze Pendant
10th-12th century A.D.Sold for (Inc. bp): £39
With openwork lunate design decorated in low relief pellets; integral suspension loop. 1.87 grams, 22 mm
Acquired on the German art market before 2000. From an old Munich collection. -
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 Bronze Boar's Head Brooch
10th-11th century A.D.Sold for (Inc. bp): £169
Trapezoidal in plan with zones of pointillé detailing, separate base-plate with catch and pin. 40 grams, 46 mm
From the collection of a North American gentleman, formed in the 1990s.
