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LOT 1748

Sold for (Inc. bp): £143

VIKING AGE BRONZE HORSE AND RIDER PENDANT
9TH-12TH CENTURY A.D.
1 1/4 in. (2.19 grams, 33 mm).

Flat-section openwork formed as a figure riding a horse facing left with simple stylised detailing. [No Reserve]

PROVENANCE:
German art market before 2000.
With a European gentleman living in the UK.
Ex property of a Surrey gentleman.
This lot is accompanied by an illustrated lot declaration signed by the Head of the Antiquities Department, Dr Raffaele D'Amato.

LITERATURE:
Cf. Sedov, B.B., Finno-Ugri i Balti v Epokhi Srednevekovija, Moscow, 1987, pl.LI, item 5, for similar.

CONDITION
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