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LOT 0383
Viking Bronze Openwork Applique
8TH-10TH CENTURY A.D.
3 in. (20 grams total, 75 mm including stand).
Flat bronze plaque with openwork detailing of two opposed zoomorphs, their slender bodies enmeshed within a lattice of tails, limbs and lappets; attachment holes at the eyes and rump; the eyes with pointillé surround; supplied with a custom-made stand.
ProvenanceEx German collection.
with Artemis Gallery, Colorado, USA, 8 March 2016, 58A.
Private American collection, New York, USA.
Accompanied by a copy of a previous typed catalogue page.
The style of the plaque is very heavily influenced by the Irish Book of Kells where confronted, interlaced figures appear as ornament.
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