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LOT 0311
Viking Bronze Horse-Head Dagger Pommel
8TH-9TH CENTURY A.D.
4 1/4 in. (94 grams total, 10.9 cm high including stand).
Formed as a stylised horse's head, the mane clearly delineated and represented by parallel incised lines, the broad face with small elliptical ears, ring-and-dot eyes and flattened muzzle; an elliptical socket hole at the base and a large attachment hole to one side; mounted on a custom-made display stand.
ProvenanceFound near York, UK.
Private collection, Nottinghamshire, UK, acquired late 1980s-early 1990s.
Private collection, UK.
Accompanied by an Art Loss Register certificate, no.S00088164
A similar subject can be seen on a whalebone plaque from Norway, illustrated in James Graham-Campbell and Dafydd Kidd, The Vikings, British Museum, 1980, p. 83, fig. 36.
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LOT 0311
Viking Bronze Horse-Head Dagger Pommel
Estimate £1,200 - 1,700€1,390 - 1,970 (for guidance only)$1,620 - 2,300 (for guidance only)
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