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LOT 2050
Viking Age Bronze Figural Sword Chape
CIRCA 11TH CENTURY A.D.
2 1/4 in. (32.77 grams, 57 mm).
Scaphoid in section and D-shaped in plan with three holes to accept mounting pins; low-relief foliage detailing to both broad faces, trefoil median lobe. [No Reserve]
Provenance
Private collection formed in Europe in the 1980s.
Westminster collection, central London, UK.
Literature
Cf. Paulsen, P., Schwertortbänder der Wikingerzeit, Stuttgart, 1953, item 124, for type.
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