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LOT 2154
Viking Age Bronze Cross Pendant
CIRCA 10TH-12TH CENTURY A.D.
2 7/8 in. (27.2 grams, 73 mm).
Flat-section cruciform plaque with ring-and-dot detailing to obverse, barrel-shaped Byzantine-style suspension loop. [No Reserve]
ProvenanceAcquired on the London art market in the late 1980s-1990s.
From the family collection of an East London, UK, gentleman.
From the private collection of a Kent, UK, gentleman.
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LOT 2154
Viking Age Bronze Cross Pendant
Estimate £150 - 200€170 - 230 (for guidance only)$200 - 270 (for guidance only)
Opening Bid
£5 (EUR 6; USD 7) +BP*
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Anglo-Scandinavian Viking Bronze Horse Stirrup Apex Mount
11th century A.D.Estimate: £50 - 70 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £5
Of Williams’s Class A Type 5 formed as a pentagonal plate with two tendrils above, each with a scrolled end, joining at the apex to form a beast-head with the attachment loop in its mouth; narrow ledge to the lower rear above two rivet holes, one with ferrous remains; the apex extending to the rivet hole. 16.4 grams, 52 mm
From a UK collection formed in the 1980s. Property of an Essex, UK, gentleman. -
Anglo-Scandinavian Bronze Jellinge-style Domed Disc Brooch with Entwined Beast Facing Back
Circa 11th century A.D.Estimate: £200 - 300 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £100
Discoid brooch with raised pelleted border, entwined regardant beast with ribbed details to the body; pin bar and catchplate to the reverse. 8.43 grams, 25.2 mm
Acquired on the UK art market in the 1980s. From an East Anglian private collection. -
Post Viking Bronze Beast Head Finial
Eastern Europe, circa 12th-14th century A.D.Estimate: £150 - 200 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £75
Modelled as a stylised beaked beast’s head, with a pointed muzzle, separated open jaws and bossed eyes, incised and moulded ornament extends behind the brow. 5.4 grams, 21 mm
Acquired on the European art market. UK, private collection.
