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LOT 1211
Viking Age Bronze Sword Scabbard Chape
9TH-11TH CENTURY A.D.
3 1/8 in. (34.9 grams, 80 mm).
Displaying openwork interlaced zoomorphs to both faces. [No Reserve]
Provenance
From the collection of a North American gentleman, formed in the 1990s.
Literature
Cf. Yotov, V., The Vikings on the Balkans, Varna, 2003, p.10, for similar.
Footnotes
The decoration of one side shows a composition of interwoven dragons, with their heads in a side view (Jellinge Style). The ornamentation belongs to a group of the first two styles in P. Paulsen's classification, i.e. the 'German four legged beast'.
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