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LOT 1316
Viking Bronze Buckle with Beast Head
9TH-11TH CENTURY A.D.
1 3/8 in. (9.4 grams, 36 mm).
Displaying high-relief detailing to the bow, zoomorphs with central triangular mask and openwork limbs; bar to the rear. [No Reserve]
Provenance
From the collection of a North American gentleman, formed in the 1990s.
Literature
Cf. Hammond, B., British Artefacts vol.2 - Middle Saxon & Viking, Witham, 2010, item 1.2b.
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