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LOT 1518

Viking Age Volga Bulgar Bronze Belt Mount

LATE 10TH CENTURY A.D.

1 1/4 in. (8.7 grams, 32 mm).

Of polygonal shape, reserved stylised vegetal forms; attachment rivets to reverse. [No Reserve]

Provenance

From the collection of a North American gentleman, formed in the 1990s.

Literature

Cf. Historical Museum, Moscow, The road of Varangians to Greeks and Greece (In Russian and English), Moscow, 1996, nos.232-237, 422, for similar mounts.

Footnotes

Pentagonal strap mounts decorated with schematic plant ornaments, cast in bronze, characterised the population of Volga Bulgars, often in commercial relations with the Viking world. A belt-set with pentagonal and rectangular mounts decorated with plant ornaments, along with its strap end and buckle, were excavated by V.D. Sokolov in Slavic-Scandinavian graves in Russian territory.

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LOT 1518

Viking Age Volga Bulgar Bronze Belt Mount

Sold for (Inc. bp): £59

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