Viking Bronze Odin with Ravens Mount Group

8TH-10TH CENTURY A.D.

1 1/4 in. (11.86 grams total, 31-33 mm).

Group of three openwork mounts each formed as two intersecting circles with a mask at the junction, loop beneath with beast-head finial. [3, No Reserve]

Provenance

From the private collection of a London gentleman, from his grandfather's collection formed before the early 1970s.

Literature

Cf. Williams, D., Late Saxon Stirrup-Strap Mounts. A Classification and catalogue, 1997, pp.36-39, figs.74-78f, for similar motifs.

CONDITION

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