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LOT 1427
Viking Age High Tinned Bronze Horse Harness Rein Mount Group
KHAZAR, 9TH-10TH CENTURY A.D.
3/4 in. (66 grams total, 17-18 mm).
Mainly heater-shaped and crescentic plaque mounts with comma and pellet ornament, lateral lugs, mounting pins to reverse. [31, No Reserve]
Provenance
Acquired on the European art market since the early 2000s.
From the private Northern Ireland collection of R.M.
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LOT 1427
Viking Age High Tinned Bronze Horse Harness Rein Mount Group
Sold for (Inc. bp): £624
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