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LOT 1533

Estimate
GBP (£) 120 - 170
EUR (€) 140 - 200
USD ($) 160 - 230

VIKING BRONZE HOWLING BEAST MOUNT
11TH CENTURY A.D.
1 1/4 in. (10.6 grams, 33 mm).

Formed as an openwork seated wolf with long curled tail, head raised and mouth open; similar to Class A, Type 11A. [No Reserve]

PROVENANCE:
Found near Norwich, Norfolk, UK.

LITERATURE:
Cf. Hammond, B., British Artefacts Volume 3 - Late Saxon, Late Viking & Norman, Witham, 2013, p.91, fig.1.10-f.

CONDITION
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