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LOT 1650
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]
ProvenanceFrom the private collection of a London gentleman, from his grandfather's collection formed before the early 1970s.
LiteratureCf. Williams, D., Late Saxon Stirrup-Strap Mounts. A Classification and catalogue, 1997, pp.36-39, figs.74-78f, for similar motifs.
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