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LOT 1372
Viking Bronze Stirrup Mount Group
10TH-11TH CENTURY A.D.
1 3/4 - 1 7/8 in. (93 grams total, 45-47 mm).
The trio with variations on foliate designs, one with tendrils and a mask; each with a ledge to the lower edge. [3]
ProvenanceAcquired early 1990s.
From an East Anglian private collection.
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LOT 1372
Viking Bronze Stirrup Mount Group
Estimate £200 - 300€230 - 350 (for guidance only)$270 - 410 (for guidance only)
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Viking Age Bronze Ring Collection
8th-11th century A.D.Sold for (Inc. bp): £104
Two featuring faux-twisted bezels; bezel formed with overlapping arms and coiled discoid plaques; coiled hoops with coiled arms; bezel formed as opposed triangular plaques decorated with punched ornament. 12.9 grams total, 22-26 mm
Acquired on the UK art market. Property of a Ruislip, UK, gentleman, by inheritance. -
Viking Age Bronze Bracelet with Interlaced Design
9th-11th century A.D.Sold for (Inc. bp): £143
D-section with heavy basketwork motif to the outer face. 87 grams, 75 mm
From the collection of a North American gentleman, formed in the 1990s.
The bracelet is the product of Baltic workmanship. Certain Baltic tribes of Lithuania did not have any characteristic ethnographic female adornments, but they were strongly influenced by Scandinavian jewellery. Their range can be described by the archaeologists only on the basis of the distribution of the burial complexes. -
Viking Age Bronze Coiled Ring Pair
9th-11th century A.D. or earlierSold for (Inc. bp): £85
Formed of tightly coiled round-section rods with tapering finials. 18.9 grams total, 21-22 mm
Ex old English collection. London art market, 1980s.
