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LOT 1709
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.
ProvenanceFound near Norwich, Norfolk, UK.
LiteratureCf. Hammond, B., British Artefacts Volume 3 - Late Saxon, Late Viking & Norman, Witham, 2013, p.91, fig.1.10-f.
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