Viking Bronze Horse Head Staff Finial

11TH-12TH CENTURY AD

2" (54 grams, 50 mm).

A cast bronze finial in the form of a horse's head with hatched mane, small elliptical ears, ring-and-dot eyes and clubbed muzzle; the socket elliptical in plan with a large attachment hole to one side.

Provenance

Private collection, Nottinghamshire, UK; acquired late 1980s-early 1990s; found near York, UK.

CONDITION

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LOT 0882

Viking Bronze Horse Head Staff Finial

Sold for (Inc. bp): £4,356

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